On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 13:15 -0700, David P Harris wrote:
> Barry Gershenfeld wrote:
> >Has MS traded "protection" for some agreement (like not distributing OSS)?
> >
> >Maybe IBM can hire everyone in the country at no pay, thereby extending the 
> >protection to all of us.
> >
> >Barry
> >
> >  
> >
> Sounds like a high-tech protection racket -- sign-up and we wouldn't 
> beat you up. 

Exactly. This sort of thing sounds EXACTLY like the "protection money"
some people have to pay to certain organizations.

All it proves to me is MS KNOWS that if it tries to actually litigate
it's "patents", they will likely be thrown out of court and their
patents invalidated. So, it's using fear to get as much money as it can
(sound familiar?) for as long as it can.

If I wasn't so sure of MS before, this sort of behaviour seals the deal
IMHO. TTYL

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