Re: Micro$oft ba$tards at it again
- From: Chuck <skilover_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 21:09:54 GMT
Joshua David Williams wrote:
Gill Bates wrote:
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk
of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties
from distributors and users.
Ironically, nearly none (if not none) of these "intellectual properties"
were actually conjured by Microsoft. For instance, the first Start menu was
actually developed by Berkeley Softworks (See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/GEOS)
It's no coincidence that Microsoft begain going downhill at the same time
Steve Ballmer became CEO. The man's a fool. Unfortunately for them, they
have nowhere to go but down, especially since they started with such a poor
foundation as DOS.
So what's new. Apple sued MS for "stealing" the concept of a
point-n-click gui and the trash can icon, which they in turn stole from
xerox. Now where is Apple?
Assuming Microsoft even has a legitimate case (which they don't), their
next problem is - who are they going to sue in a publicly developed o/s?
The end users? If they do they'll be suing companies who are their own
customers who will promptly stop using MS products. They have nothing to
gain with this. Ballmer needs to sit down and shut up.
.
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