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Microsoft's Overlooked Code Theft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the respect-for-intellectual-property dept.

Like2Byte was one of many readers to point out that "Newsforge is reporting that Microsoft was fined by a French court for three million francs "because it illegally included another company's proprietary source code in SoftImage 3D," something which (as the story points out) went mostly unremarked at the time. This is one of the points mentioned by Peruvian Senator David Villanueva Nuñez in his response to Microsoft FUD.

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  1. Quick! by SLot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Call the BSA!

  2. Nothing shocks me anymore. by Dr.+Bent · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've gotten to the point where no news of Microsoft's misdeeds would shock me anymore.

    Microsoft is cutting up babies to make their user manuals! So what.

    They're attempting to terraform the earth's atmosphere to more closely resemble Bill Gates' home planet! Big deal.

    Steve Ballmer has Stalin's brain implanted into his skull to make him a more effective leader! What else is new.....

    Seriously, anything you could say about something evil that Microsoft does...I wouldn't disbelieve it. I don't know if this speaks more about Microsoft's trashed reputation, or my jaded attitude toward MegaCorp(tm) style policies.

  3. Bill Gates can do anything. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bill Gates can do anything he likes. But, you can't do anything to him. It's a child's dream.

  4. Re:Greek gods running amok by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like Steve "Monkey-Boy" Ballmer?
    I wonder what the Greek is for "Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!"?

    I sure hope it's not "Eureka! Eureka! Eureka! Eureka!" - Steve Ballmer running naked through the streets naked is a scary thought.

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