Microsoft caught pirating somebody's patent again!!!

Just noticed that Microsoft has been caught again pirating somebody's patent
resulting in that company nearly went to walls.

What a disgraceful manners this monolithic conglomerate is displaying!

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...ict_to_VirnetX

We pay full price for M$ products but it keeps stealing the ideas from small
business people!

"LD55ZRA" <> schrieb:

> Just noticed that Microsoft has been caught again pirating somebody's patent
> resulting in that company nearly went to walls.

In case of VirnetX, it's a company that *bought* patents from other
companies. VirnetX is at least suspected to be founded for potential
legal issues / lawsuits related to these patents only.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/198325.asp
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/197056.asp

| Or is VirnetX a patent troll? The company doesn't produce any products;
| its entire business strategy revolves around its patent portfolio.

> What a disgraceful manners this monolithic conglomerate is displaying!

Oh well, "sometimes" background informations are useful.

Whyever you think your posting relates to the newsgroups you've
crossposted to.

Bye,
Freu"German Swine, F'up2 the only relevant newsgroup set"di

Before OS/2 I liked MS. I had an MS-DOS-Generic (no-bitmap, no IBM compat)
80186 and Microsoft went out of their way to be helpful.
I also ran Multiplan on that Ampro 2210 with an HP2621a terminal.

I joke about it, but it feels like this is true: when MS did biz with
IBM on OS/2 it was almost like IBM body snatched MS and IBM died - IBM
since then is a very different firm, and MS acts like the old IBM did.

I also feel the venture capital industry badly distorted itself after
the MS IPO. Before that you got a quarter million in VC and sold the
company to a larger firm two years later, which is much more humane
for the mad scientist entrepreneurs.

American hardware always overcompensated in those days. Serial ports
had a fanout of five, but the Japanese products would only tolerate
one. Standards and compatibility became obsolete. The So-called
Japanese model foisted on us in the mid 1980s was a disaster. It had
nothing to do with the traditional American capitalism.

- = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]

Whatever may be the case, Microsoft is a thief and it should be forced
to install PGA - Patent Genuine Advantage just like you and me are
required to install WGA - Windows Genuine Advantage.

There must be a mechanism to curb Microsoft's temptation to pirate
somebody's patent.

hth


wrote:

>Before OS/2 I liked MS. I had an MS-DOS-Generic (no-bitmap, no IBM compat)
>80186 and Microsoft went out of their way to be helpful.
>I also ran Multiplan on that Ampro 2210 with an HP2621a terminal.
>
>I joke about it, but it feels like this is true: when MS did biz with
>IBM on OS/2 it was almost like IBM body snatched MS and IBM died - IBM
>since then is a very different firm, and MS acts like the old IBM did.
>
>I also feel the venture capital industry badly distorted itself after
>the MS IPO. Before that you got a quarter million in VC and sold the
>company to a larger firm two years later, which is much more humane
>for the mad scientist entrepreneurs.
>
>American hardware always overcompensated in those days. Serial ports
>had a fanout of five, but the Japanese products would only tolerate
>one. Standards and compatibility became obsolete. The So-called
>Japanese model foisted on us in the mid 1980s was a disaster. It had
>nothing to do with the traditional American capitalism.
>
> - = -
> Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
> http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2
> ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
> [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
> [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
>
>
>
>
>

Is that you Jack Ass with a a different handle ?

When are you going to learn.
-=-


"LD55ZRA" wrote:

> Whatever may be the case, Microsoft is a thief and it should be forced
> to install PGA - Patent Genuine Advantage just like you and me are
> required to install WGA - Windows Genuine Advantage.
>
> There must be a mechanism to curb Microsoft's temptation to pirate
> somebody's patent.
>
> hth
>
>
> wrote:
>
> >Before OS/2 I liked MS. I had an MS-DOS-Generic (no-bitmap, no IBM compat)
> >80186 and Microsoft went out of their way to be helpful.
> >I also ran Multiplan on that Ampro 2210 with an HP2621a terminal.
> >
> >I joke about it, but it feels like this is true: when MS did biz with
> >IBM on OS/2 it was almost like IBM body snatched MS and IBM died - IBM
> >since then is a very different firm, and MS acts like the old IBM did.
> >
> >I also feel the venture capital industry badly distorted itself after
> >the MS IPO. Before that you got a quarter million in VC and sold the
> >company to a larger firm two years later, which is much more humane
> >for the mad scientist entrepreneurs.
> >
> >American hardware always overcompensated in those days. Serial ports
> >had a fanout of five, but the Japanese products would only tolerate
> >one. Standards and compatibility became obsolete. The So-called
> >Japanese model foisted on us in the mid 1980s was a disaster. It had
> >nothing to do with the traditional American capitalism.
> >
> > - = -
> > Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
> > http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2
> > ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
> > [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
> > [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> .
>

I see you're playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.
"LD55ZRA" <> wrote in message
news:hnupe1$1b4$...
> Whatever may be the case, Microsoft is a thief and it should be forced to
> install PGA - Patent Genuine Advantage just like you and me are required
> to install WGA - Windows Genuine Advantage.
>
> There must be a mechanism to curb Microsoft's temptation to pirate
> somebody's patent.
>
> hth
>
>
> wrote:
>
>>Before OS/2 I liked MS. I had an MS-DOS-Generic (no-bitmap, no IBM compat)
>>80186 and Microsoft went out of their way to be helpful.
>>I also ran Multiplan on that Ampro 2210 with an HP2621a terminal.
>>
>>I joke about it, but it feels like this is true: when MS did biz with
>>IBM on OS/2 it was almost like IBM body snatched MS and IBM died - IBM
>>since then is a very different firm, and MS acts like the old IBM did.
>>
>>I also feel the venture capital industry badly distorted itself after
>>the MS IPO. Before that you got a quarter million in VC and sold the
>>company to a larger firm two years later, which is much more humane
>>for the mad scientist entrepreneurs.
>>
>>American hardware always overcompensated in those days. Serial ports
>>had a fanout of five, but the Japanese products would only tolerate
>>one. Standards and compatibility became obsolete. The So-called
>>Japanese model foisted on us in the mid 1980s was a disaster. It had
>>nothing to do with the traditional American capitalism.
>> - = -
>> Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus,
>> BioStrategist
>> http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm
>> http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice.
>> Everything fully disclaimed.}---
>> [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
>> [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime
>> Bimbos]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>