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Microsoft's Patent Problem

pens writes "Microsoft suffered utter defeat at a crucial pretrial hearing in what appears to be the highest-stakes patent litigation ever--one in which a tiny company called InterTrust Technologies claims that 85% of Microsoft's entire product line infringes its digital security patents."

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  1. zTHE LAST ARTICLE WAS SO GAY by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    630+ replies, not one of em modded up, each of em with the same retarded message:

    "Hey you should come to my house because i have a TRS 80!"

    FIRST PSOT

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  2. impact on niche oss comunities? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Thats not all... by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    claims that 85% of Microsoft's entire product line infringes its digital security patents

    Patents aren't the only thing Microsoft is known for infringing. But you already knew that.

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  4. Ha-Ha! by hoggoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ha-Ha!










    I am not a lame poster...
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    I am in no way a lame poster...
    I am not even related to a lame poster...


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    - For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat /dev/random (may take some time)
  5. Re:WOW!! by bcronin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And may millions more third-world children die for lack of clean drinking water!