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Lucky Green vs. Palladium

Posted by michael on from the deathmatch dept.

CodeTrap writes "Wired has an interesting story "Can a Hacker Outfox Microsoft" on a fellow named Lucky Green that is attempting to force the issue surrounding MS's Palladium Gambit using a very creative method involving patents. If his patents are granted, MS will be unable to use Palladium to enforce software licensing. If MS challenges his patent, then we all know thier true intentions. Very clever indeed."

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  1. Re:Money talks by nebenfun · · Score: 5, Funny

    he's going to need a name like
    "Lucky 4-leaf Clover Horseshoe Green"
    in order to defeat Microsoft.
    poor, poor bastard
    nbfn

  2. Reputation? by GypC · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He thinks that a challenge by Microsoft to his patents is unlikely: It would discredit Biddle and damage the company's reputation for truthfulness..."

    Hmmm... I didn't realize there was one to be damaged.

  3. Yeah right.. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Bill G. Hey 'Lucky', can I license your patented process?
    Lucky Pound sand Gates, I 0wn j00!
    Bill G. Here's 100 million dollars.
    Lucky I'm your b1tch.

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    1. Re:Yeah right.. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

      for 100 million dollars, i'd sell out :(

      I wouldn't sell out, even if you tempted me with the tastiest sub in the world and wash it down with the best damn beer in the world then handed me the keys to the nice car you delivered it all in.

      on second thought...

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  4. Re:Follow the money... by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He should exclusively license it to Larry Ellison...

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  5. Maybe its just me.... by LordYUK · · Score: 5, Funny

    But "lucky green" sounds like a cleaning agent and "palladium" sounds like some moldly crap growing on my sink... so "lucky green" vs "palladium" sounds like some commerical where a frustrated house wife is tired of scrubbing, so she sprays on the cleaner and voila, its brand spanking new...

    then again, maybe its just me...

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  6. Speaking of buying governments... by Corvaith · · Score: 5, Funny

    That makes me wonder. Why hasn't MS gotten around to buying themselves a small country yet? (Or, possibly, just buying an island and delcaring sovereignity, which might make them one of the first to do that and become actually recognized, as far as I know...) You'd think it'd be easier for them. They could just make up their own laws. (Open Source is illegal! Everyone must upgrade every product they own as soon as the next one comes out! )

  7. Using patents to stop other Microsoft problems by TyZone · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lucky Green is on to something! I could apply for a patent on, say, techniques for using overwhelming dominance of the software marketplace to enforce monopolistic practices, and then force Microsoft to stop ...

    Nope. Wouldn't work. Microsoft can demonstrate prior art.

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  8. Re:i think by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "it's been proven time and time again that a hacker can outfox Microsoft. Look at all the copies of windows and office and other MS products out there that have product activation. There were hacks and cracks for that technology out before the software's release date."

    Heh yeah, script kiddies are executing DoS attacks with patents instead of packets.