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____/ Homer on Thursday 14 Jul 2011 04:10 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 22:54 : \____
>
>>>> Right up there with Funkenbusch's claim that Microsoft would never
>>>> resort to using patents as a weapon.
>>>
>>> Can you locate that latter one?
>>
>> Not even going to try. Too lazy.
>
> [quote]
> No, Microsoft's patent portfolio is strictly defensive, not offensive.
> As I said already. Microsoft has *NEVER* initiated a patent lawsuit
> against anyone. Ever. Nor do I expect them to start.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3dd07c2873324def
> Message-ID: <14njx4rmn3c8e$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
> That's not what I said, I said:
>
> "Microsoft only uses it's patents defensively, when someone sues them
> over a patent infringement."
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.windows-xp/msg/0e461e83cc98978d
> Message-ID: <HP8J9.95418$pN3.6878@sccrnsc03>
>
> [quote]
> Microsoft uses patents defensively, not offensively. To my knowledge,
> they've never sued anyone for patent infringement other than to counter
> a suit against them.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/1be011b757e6b3e5
> Message-ID: <4iy2i8rzaqna.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
> Microsoft uses patents defensively, not offensively, because they don't
> like having patents used against them.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/f86774b095ba9914
> Message-ID: <ju0d66m5dv76$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
> Just because MS has patents, and Linux and other Open Source might
> infringe upon them, doesn't mean Microsoft is going to enforce them.
> Microsoft has a history of only enforcing patents defensively, that is,
> when someone comes after them for a patent, they use their patent
> portfolio to "trade".
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/f043a96d06f27767
> Message-ID: <ybntn75ok6eh$.xcc4jn3imj38.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
>> Seems like M$ is busy buying up 3d hardware patents for some reason.
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23708.html
>
> Since MS uses patents defensively, I would doubt that. They probably
> have some product in development which uses what those patents cover and
> are buying them to make sure they can't be sued later.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/900a1bdf1c73f6d1
> Message-ID: <iFq18.3255$Wf1.890735@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
> MS has never sued anyone for patent infringement to my knowledge, ever.
> They use them defensively.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/4cc5c7f52d5ebbeb
> Message-ID: <wiq_6.4085$B7.648149@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [quote]
> For instance, MS has hundreds of patents, but they only use them
> defensively by preventing others from gaining patents on things they do.
> MS has never sued anyone for patent infringement, ever.
> [/quote]
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c57ace63076263e1
> Message-ID: <1n4Z6.822$B7.117353@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
He is course right. Microsoft only these defensively... to defend the cash cow
from that vicious barbarian called "competition".
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