bth_lonewolf
join:2005-03-28
Summerfield, NC | reply to DprssdIsntFn
Re: Well do you blame them
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
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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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