On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 12:26 -0400, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > The US Patent office has *rejected* all claims by Microsoft to the FAT > filesystem. > > :-) > > http://linuxtoday.com/news/2004093003026NWLL
MS began its appeal against its 497 euro fine, demands that it remove Media Player, and demands that it share details with competitors. Their lawyer argues that "This is the first time in competitive history that a company has been ordered to draw up a description of secret technology and deliver it to its competitors," Against them Samba said "The protocols are not secret because they're valuable; they're valuable because they're secret," & "each time Microsoft updates its products, it can tweak the protocols so others cannot use them." said that each time Microsoft updates its products, it can tweak the protocols so others cannot use them. pm
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