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- Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication
- Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Intel's Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in 2010
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit today and kicked off the conversation with some good economic news: "We found bottom," he said, and it was discovered earlier than anyone might have thought. "It's been a strong second half and it's not...
- Tags: U.S., Patent, Recovery, Paul Otellini, Intel Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Red Hat: Microsoft taking cloud back to the 80s
- Red Hat should feel right at home then because using their software is like using something out of the 80's. I'll prefer a modern company like Microsoft instead of a company based on 30 year old technology such as Red Hat. My theory is that Red Hat is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NT-kernel, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Beating patent trolls at their own game
- Saul Hansell's piece in the Times is called Trolling for Patents to Fight Patent Trolls. Kinda like a war for peace. At a recent patent auction in San Francisco, which in general didn't go that well for the auctioneers, one company that was snapping patents up was...
- Tags: Game, Patent, Acacia Research, Patent Troll, Saul Hansell, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?
- TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?It almost seems like TomTom was expecting this... as fast as they reacted.. seems like they had a contingency plan. I imagine they also wanted to ensure their stock didnt crumble.Its interesting how fast MS agreed though. Maybe it wasnt that big of a...
- Tags: TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- Microsoft hit with patent suit over update tech
- Microsoft hit with patent suit over update techMicrosoft hit with patent suit over update techIf this goes to court Microsoft will need to win this case otherwise it could spell disaster for every other company that has updates. Again, that is "IF" since they never were served their papers...
- Tags: BitTorrent DNA, update tech, Microsoft Hit, Microsoft Corp., patent suit, BackWeb
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Perlow, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Can open source make Apple deal with Adobe?
- Can open source make Apple deal with Adobe?Apple is becoming more and more irrelevantIf Apple thinks it will be immune to the pressures that open source are applying to Microsoft, they are drinking far too much of their own kool-aid. Apple has no answer to Android, nor does it have...
- Tags: Desktops, open source, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?
- Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?...must have an invention...I disagree about not patenting an "idea" of an invention. I've got ideas for several new technologies, but I don't have the capital to create them. They require microscopic parts. If I can't patent my idea,...
- Tags: open source, patent, legal stupidity
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls
- Seeing as how patent reform has died on the vine, several tech and telecom companies are taking matters into their own hands, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scared by the NTP v Research in Motion case, in which the BlackBerry maker came perilously close to folding...
- Tags: Patent, Troll, NTP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Red Hat settles patent suit
- Red Hat settles patent suitI need clarification[i]Essentially, all that have innovated to create, or that will innovate with, software distributed under Red Hat brands are protected, as are Red Hat customers.[/i]That sounds like a Novell-M$ pact!The only way to be compatible to GPL3 is to buy the patent and release...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., DataTern/Amphion
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0
- Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0My Wish List.Only one thing: I would like Microsoft to get solidly behind Mono to get a complete and up-to-date .Net implementation for Linux.Very interesting. Not sure what they hope to gain here or how the willmaintain the block-in. Probably the best answer, is that...
- Tags: Linux, .NET, Development tools, Golden Age, Microsoft Corp., Glasnost 2.0, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- U.S. trade body to probe Sony on Blu-ray
- U.S. trade body to probe Sony on Blu-rayWhat perfect timingToshiba abandons HD-DVD on Feb 19th, and then this patent suit is filed on Feb 20.HmmmmmRE: U.S. trade body to probe Sony on Blu-rayPatent trolling....steal money from company whose devices are close to infringement, sue for lots of money and settle...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Sony Corp., U.S. Trade Body
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent dispute
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent disputeRed HerringThe patent suit is a red herring you are writing about. The real issue is the "royalty fee structure is "exorbitant". This, of course, is very clear to both parties and a lawsuit is what brings them to the...
- Tags: patent suit, silly patent dispute, Research In Motion Ltd., Motorola Inc., patent dispute, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Just don't call it trolling, Verizon
- The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Verizon on behalf of Busybox. Busybox wrote a Linux application, under the GPL, which Verizon used in a wireless router it provides users of its FIOS service, which promises faster speed in exchange for cutting users' copper and tieing them...
- Tags: GPL, Router, Verizon Communications Inc., Software Freedom Law Center, SPLC, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- You can look but you better not touch
- Microsoft tried to tiptoe onto the open source incline today by releasing the .Net Framework under what it calls the Microsoft Reference License. You may read the license language here, or just read this from guest analyst Mr. Bruce Springsteen:  I came home from work and I...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- GPL defenders say: See you in court
- GPL defenders say: See you in courtOnly fair...If you are going to use the code then you must abide by the terms of the license.I completely understand the SFLC's position. There must be a penalty for violating the license. Otherwise it turns into a game of using the code in...
- Tags: Strategy, commons, GPL, GPL defender, defender, patent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Apple, AT&T: Bosom buddies or odd couple?
- Apple, AT&T: Bosom buddies or odd couple?Yankee Group's "opinion" is worth something?I would say that historically, Apple's partners have screwed THEM. Cases in point: Microsoft (convicted for extortion in the default IE for Office for Mac for 5 years deal and ordered to sell Apple stock); Adobe (creating...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Tools & Techniques, WIRELESS, Desktops, The Yankee Group, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Judge overturns $1.5 billion ruling against Microsoft
- Judge overturns $1.5 billion ruling against MicrosoftIts a win for everyone.Thanks Microsoft!M$ bribes again!"U.S. District Judge Rudi Brewster said in a 43-page order that the jury's damages could not stand because Microsoft had not violated one of the two patents."M$ is squashing innovation by stealing valuable IP from the inventors...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
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