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A Lawyer's View on the OpenGL Patent Mess
PDAJames writes "This article has an interesting take on Microsoft's claims on OpenGL technology. An IP lawyer says that Microsoft could make things difficult for OpenGL if they feel like it, basically. "
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I said "Troll," not "Offtopic," you straitjacketed morons.
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That's better.
CEE5210S The signal SIGHUP was received.
When it is possible, please post links to the printer-friendly versions of stories. This way it loads faster on our computer, and we don't have to waste time going through as many corporate ads.
Mod this up if you don't want to look at so many corporate flashy banners because people don't link to printer-friendly versions of the story when applicable.
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And then you got a Funny...can't win, can ya fella?
Here we go again... Troll troll troll...
/. could run a story which only receives sensible comments from people who really get the point.
> Bash bash bash... Theoretically Microsoft could make it difficult for developers using OpenGL.
>Theoretically I could take a gun and shoot 12 people but that doesn't mean thats what I'm going to do.
And theoretically,
And yet, unless you have a history of violence, only one of the above scenarios is worth giving much consideration to, because only one of them would follow a past pattern of action.
To put a fine point on it: The possibility that Microsoft could "make things difficult" regarding OpenGL is not upsetting people simply because it's possible; it is upsetting people because it's both possible and--given Microsoft's demonstrated tendency toward aggressive, anti-competetive and not-infrequently illegal tactics--NOT AT ALL UNLIKELY.
LOL, I got below 26, so I win. Now only three karma capped IDs to go after this one is in "Terrible" territory.
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