(new) Patent Wars and Antitrust

Xbox 360 warranty program will cost MSFT over $1 billion. - (a6l6e6x) - (7) - July 5, 2007, 04:23:02 PM EDT

Rumor has the return rate as high as 1 in 3 some places. -NT - (JayMehaffey) - (6) - July 5, 2007, 09:05:38 PM EDT

s / 1 in 3 / 12 in 1 / - (Another Scott) - (2) - July 5, 2007, 09:32:50 PM EDT

There is evidently some back story on this being - (folkert) - (1) - July 5, 2007, 10:41:37 PM EDT

Lots more at 1Up - (Another Scott) - July 5, 2007, 10:46:33 PM EDT

Has the scapegoat been appointed yet? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - July 5, 2007, 11:05:35 PM EDT

Yes - (jbrabeck) - July 6, 2007, 06:28:43 AM EDT

Oooo . . . scapegoating may be all internal. - (Andrew Grygus) - July 6, 2007, 11:40:55 AM EDT

Microsoft spin. - (a6l6e6x) - June 28, 2007, 11:56:11 AM EDT

Where to put this? - (jbrabeck) - (4) - June 20, 2007, 09:34:05 AM EDT

Let me know how that goes. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - June 20, 2007, 01:41:39 PM EDT

Question - (andread) - (2) - June 20, 2007, 02:35:06 PM EDT

Some do. Some don't. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 20, 2007, 03:13:34 PM EDT

We've got at least one PC-XT still running here... -NT - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2007, 03:54:06 PM EDT

NYT: MS has a friend in the Bush Justice Department. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 9, 2007, 08:17:23 PM EDT

MS agrees to modify Vista for desktop search. - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2007, 06:47:46 AM EDT

Is Microsoft buying up retail XP copies? - (static) - May 15, 2007, 12:16:55 AM EDT

Well, now we know. It *is* going to use patent... - (folkert) - (30) - May 14, 2007, 12:34:47 PM EDT

Wow...kernel violates 42 different patents - (bepatient) - (10) - May 14, 2007, 12:47:05 PM EDT

pretty funny as well as the NT Kernel - (boxley) - (9) - May 14, 2007, 12:55:49 PM EDT

Huh? [Insert perplexed dog picture here] -NT - (altmann) - (8) - May 14, 2007, 04:45:23 PM EDT

here - (boxley) - (7) - May 14, 2007, 05:05:30 PM EDT

Umm - (altmann) - (6) - May 14, 2007, 06:06:10 PM EDT

it does, maybe I need a better source -NT - (boxley) - (5) - May 14, 2007, 06:15:58 PM EDT

links - (boxley) - May 14, 2007, 06:53:36 PM EDT

links - (boxley) - (3) - May 14, 2007, 06:54:36 PM EDT

Re: links - (altmann) - (2) - May 14, 2007, 07:21:33 PM EDT

mac osx of course sits on top of mach - (boxley) - (1) - May 14, 2007, 07:56:44 PM EDT

WhatEVar. - (pwhysall) - May 15, 2007, 01:18:27 AM EDT

How do you spell "irrelevant"? - (mmoffitt) - May 14, 2007, 01:49:56 PM EDT

Looks like a repeat of SCOSource - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - May 14, 2007, 02:37:07 PM EDT

This is a clear civil RICO case -NT - (boxley) - May 14, 2007, 02:40:11 PM EDT

Its a very dangerous game - (bepatient) - May 14, 2007, 04:38:42 PM EDT

To quote an idiot, "Bring it on!" - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - May 14, 2007, 05:00:29 PM EDT

xenix had a lot of good innovation -NT - (boxley) - (1) - May 14, 2007, 05:06:14 PM EDT

Yes, but what did they do with it? -NT - (folkert) - May 15, 2007, 02:36:32 AM EDT

Don't forget Bob -NT - (jbrabeck) - (1) - May 16, 2007, 06:36:37 PM EDT

Fortunately, I was never exposed to it. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 17, 2007, 12:46:17 PM EDT

No they're not. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - May 15, 2007, 03:38:37 AM EDT

Yes. Except... - (folkert) - (3) - May 15, 2007, 07:36:52 AM EDT

There's only so deep they can go . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - May 15, 2007, 11:02:37 AM EDT

That would be the OTHER Big Giant Corp not being MS... - (folkert) - May 15, 2007, 03:34:09 PM EDT

"logic roots in weaving loom" gets 500k hits - (Ashton) - May 15, 2007, 10:09:31 PM EDT

Remember that anti-trust trumps patent - (tonytib) - (1) - May 15, 2007, 07:42:32 PM EDT

Hasn't stopped Microsoft from Biatchin' about Samba. -NT - (folkert) - May 15, 2007, 09:48:46 PM EDT

Tim Bray (Sun employee... err yeah), in his Blog. - (folkert) - (2) - May 15, 2007, 10:54:30 PM EDT

Linus agrees - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - May 16, 2007, 12:11:17 AM EDT

Microsoft blinked. - (folkert) - May 16, 2007, 01:54:27 AM EDT

WTF is this? - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - May 9, 2007, 08:21:52 PM EDT

Well, there's been speculation . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - May 9, 2007, 08:34:04 PM EDT

You mean Novell stuck it to MS in a deal? - (bepatient) - (2) - May 10, 2007, 09:43:53 AM EDT

"Good" - except MS found a way to turn it around using Dell. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 17, 2007, 03:58:27 PM EDT

Well, they did if Dell actually gets anyone to buy them. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - May 17, 2007, 05:36:16 PM EDT

Now this PO's me. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - May 9, 2007, 02:28:44 PM EDT

It helps them to have M$NBC. -NT - (mmoffitt) - May 9, 2007, 03:53:18 PM EDT

Clearly, Wagoner Edstrom is earning their money. - (Andrew Grygus) - May 9, 2007, 05:15:30 PM EDT

And then there's this little RICO case - (Ashton) - (1) - May 8, 2007, 05:11:22 AM EDT

One can never underestimate how low they'll sink! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 9, 2007, 11:02:45 AM EDT

MS to buy Yahoo? - (andread) - (14) - May 4, 2007, 09:14:13 AM EDT

Ugh... I hope not. - (admin) - May 4, 2007, 09:40:43 AM EDT

Microsoft wants a big deal - (JayMehaffey) - May 4, 2007, 10:48:17 AM EDT

Yahoo's been mentioned as a potential target on Mini. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 4, 2007, 10:56:49 AM EDT

*SOME* say? - (folkert) - May 5, 2007, 12:15:35 AM EDT

Neither Yahoo or Microsoft are talking. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 4, 2007, 12:54:07 PM EDT

Congrats! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - May 4, 2007, 12:58:02 PM EDT

And THEY complained about... - (folkert) - (7) - May 4, 2007, 04:54:03 PM EDT

Yahoo seems to be in trouble - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:12:04 AM EDT

No problems with my Y! mail account -NT - (drewk) - (1) - May 4, 2007, 07:45:10 PM EDT

Mine's dead - (jbrabeck) - May 7, 2007, 09:37:11 PM EDT

Wasn't the point of my post. - (folkert) - May 5, 2007, 12:07:35 AM EDT

I speak with the email architect at yahoo on a regular basis - (boxley) - May 5, 2007, 09:43:24 AM EDT

"Dying". HTH! -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 6, 2007, 04:33:09 AM EDT

/me welcomes the *NEW* grammar overlord -NT - (folkert) - May 6, 2007, 01:39:47 PM EDT

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