Re: Last word not yet in on software patents.

2007-05-22 Thread Bruce Dawson
LDR wrote: > On our way to Redmond. > See http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1224259 (Microsoft will not sue over Linux patents) And I was reading (can't find where at the moment) where some were advertising "Sue Me, Sue Me" in an attempt to get Microsoft to reveal the patents bein

Re: Last word not yet in on software patents.

2007-05-22 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/22/07, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1224259 (Microsoft > will not sue over Linux patents) Hmmm. From the actual article: "If we wanted to go down that road we could have done that three years ago," said a Microsoft spokesper

Re: Last word not yet in on software patents.

2007-05-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1224259 (Microsoft > > will not sue over Linux patents) > Hmmm. From the actual article: > "If we wanted to go down that road we could hav

Re: Last word not yet in on software patents.

2007-05-22 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What gets me is, don't they *HAVE* to defend the patents? I know > that applies to Trademarks, but I would assume that they'd have no leg > to stand on if they blatently allowed one party to publically be > violating their patents, and then