On an equally ironic note, there is a story today in the business section of the New York Times about how Microsoft is complaining that, in Europe, Linux and other open source software has an "unfair advantage".
I'm not making this up. On Thursday 05 September 2002 10:32, W. Curtiss Priest wrote: > A quick note about Microsoft. > > Seth will enjoy this one as he programmed the CQL (SQL) engine > I embedded in a DOS product that permitted people to > "share information using folders." > > I actually received several patents, see, e.g.: > > http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05167011__ > > > It turned out that our product was much too early, but, MS Outlook > infringed on the patent. > > I can say, first hand, that Microsoft is truly vicious. After > three years of negotiating and arbitration, Microsoft paid > a measely $200K to my licensing firm, but litigation costs on both > sides were about $1.5 million, of which I got ONLY, a few free meals > for the deposition when with MS attornies in NY. > > These guys play to get "all the marbles." > > I do hope that Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly gets them > on anti-trust charges! Time will tell. -- ----------------------------------- Seth Kurtzberg M. I. S. Corp. 1-480-661-1849 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
