Hello Travis, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 10:21:26 PM, you wrote:
TS> In the US, we have the rule of "double jeopardy," which says you TS> can't be tried for the same offense multiple times. This is TS> because putting defendants through multiple identical trials is TS> patently unfair - regardless of the outcome. This is exactly what TS> Microsoft is doing. They sued us over the trademark in the U.S., TS> where both companies reside, and we have repeatedly prevailed. TS> After about two years, they began suing us in multiple foreign TS> countries over the exact same issue, while delaying the U.S. TS> action. I don't think the folks at Microsoft would believe it, but these kind of tactics will eventually be their downfall. It's already happening. The word is also out that Microsoft paid SCO a lot of money, to initiate their lawsuits against Linux users. If Microsoft would spend all this money improving their products, instead of suing people, it would be a much more respectable and productive strategy. It's a shame to see the company that did so much to popularise the personal computer acting this way. This is what happens when the lawyers are running the the show... they come up with 'lawyer solutions'. -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ -weblog http://radio.weblogs.com/0128450/ A business is as honest as its advertising. .
