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Could Eolas End Microsoft's Browser Dominance?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the color-me-skeptical dept.

rustynail writes "The tiny Eolas web company is about to lock horns with Microsoft in a legal battle over a patent that Eolas owns covering all uses of plugins, applets, activeX controls and other similar technology. The difference here is that, according to this article Eolas might not accept a payout: instead they might exclude IE from using these technologies at all.. opening the way for a new browser war." We mentioned this dispute a few years ago, too, but an outcome to the Justice Department's case against Microsoft was far off in 1998.

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  1. Re:MOD THE FUCKER ABOVE REDUNDANT!!!!!! by jodo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck You, Asshole. And when you get back to work in the cafeteria in Redmond, tell your friends to fuck off too!

    --

    "Don't Follow Leaders." Bob Dylan
  2. Re:Parent is linking to an elderly gay porn site by gmezero · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, now we know how he's going to pay for his lawsuit... Not even Microsoft makes more than the porn industry :)

  3. Re:Plugins??? by Darby · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just because they're after M$ in this case doesn't change that into a Bad Thing. Let's not fight Evil with evil.

    Well, "we" already exhausted all possible legal and moral options and got a hearty "go fuck yourself" from the justice system.

    What else is left to fight with besides evil?