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Microsoft: 'Patents are gibberish - unless you're a patent lawyer'
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| Microsoft's internal advice when you're potentially treading on someone
| else's patent? "Ignorance is bliss."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/microsoft_employee_patent_ignorance_is_bliss/
Microsoft employee: 'Ignorance is bliss and strongly recommended' on patents
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| In short, we have a mess on our hands. We've been talking for years about
| fixing the patent system, but the only thing we've received for all our talk
| is a growing mountain of patents that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is
| incapable of clearing in an expeditious fashion, given a lack of expertise
| and a lack of resources.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10096322-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Related:
Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
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| The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and
| unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local
| executive for Sun Microsystems.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Sun-exec-accuses-Microsoft-of-patent-terrorism-/0,130061733,339280437,00.htm
Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
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| Microsoft, no longer the technological leader in the Computer Desktop
| market, is taking on a terrorist role in its attempt remain in power
| at all costs. (see the link to the CNN story below)
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| The tactic is intended to frighten current, and would be, free
| software users away from products that Microsoft just can't compete
| with. It's not a new tactic, but for the first time desperation is
| beginning to show.
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http://sweetcomputing.com/index.php?wiki=Microsoft_Terrorism
Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
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| That headline is designed to grab your attention. Sensationalistic as
| it may be, it also happens to be true, if what you mean by 'terrorize'
| is to provoke fear.
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| If you've been following the presidential race in the United States,
| you know the present crop of candidates have been exploiting the fear
| of the American people as they never have before in the history of
| the country.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/ms_threats.html
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