DprssdIsntFn
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join:2004-01-12
Pompton Lakes, NJ | reply to jaorgeron
Re: Well do you blame them
Actually ... yes.
Stealing IP and then paying for it under court order is standard procedure for Microsoft. I've long since lost track of the number of cases they've lost and then settled.
They are the worst offenders. |
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bth_lonewolf
join:2005-03-28
Summerfield, NC | That's an absurd generalization, and just frankly not true. |
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MS is piracy
@verizon.net
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BurstNet.
Opera Software.
Novell.
Need I go on? Those were just off of the top of my head, but I'm sure that I can dig up quite a few more with a little help from Google.
The parent post spoke the truth. MS is the biggest corporate intellectual-property pirate there is. The ARE a 1000lb Gorilla. (They've grown since they used to be an 800lb Gorilla.) |
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bth_lonewolf
join:2005-03-28
Summerfield, NC
| said by MS is piracy:
BurstNet.
Opera Software.
Novell.
Need I go on?
Novell: The Netware issue had nothing to do w/ IP theft (unless you're discussing something else).
Opera: Nope, not over IP theft. (Was about MSN not working correctly in Opera, and Opera claims it was intentional to maintain market dominance.)
Burstnet -- you mean Burst.com? (Streaming?) -- yeah, this one has some merit, certainly at least seems suspicious.
I'm not saying that IP Theft has never happened (in ANY company -- there's plenty of suits involving IBM and other large companies). I just can't stand generalizations -- 2/3 examples you posted had nothing to do with IP theft -- and you exactly proved my point. You make it sound like it's a corporate objective for employees to go out and steal. Unfortunately, a single employee doing something wrong can get the company into a LOT of hot water. For all the small companies doing it, most of it will go undetected.
I also won't say antitrust cases have never happened, but frankly I find many cases BS. Whatever you think about Microsoft, how many hundreds of half-baked lawsuits are filed against Microsoft so companies could get a pile of cash? |
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