amicus_curious wrote:
"Well, consider the facts of the Stac case. Stac bought a patent for
the compression method that they used and Microsoft bought a similar
patent for the one that they implemented in DOS themselves. For
convenience to their customers, they made their feature able to read
compressed files from Stac as well as their own algorithms, which were
non-infringing", fuddie frankentroll
> Nothing new here ..
Microsoft tried for a deal with Stac and couldn't come to terms, so they bought
similar technology from DoubleStack and VertiSoft which was eventually found to
be infringing on the Stac patents.
Still can't piss straight, as the cited-to articles show, MS cloned
STACKER .. twice .. and only then bought a license from VertiSoft ...
That may be getting fucked, but I am sure that Stac enjoyed it.
No, only the folks at MS who invented a term for it BOGU ..
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