Microsoft vs. Burst.com

Posted by michael on Saturday August 30, 2003 @02:47PM from the burst-of-energy dept.

rocketjam writes "Robert X. Cringley has an interesting story on one of Microsoft's many little-known legal cases. Burst.com is suing Microsoft, claiming MS negotiated in bad faith for over a year before stealing Burst's patented technology for increasing the efficiency of video and audio streaming. After Microsoft submitted all emails associated with the their dealings with Burst to the court, Burst's lawyers discovered a 35-week gap of missing mail during a critical portion of the negotiations. When the judge learned the Sun vs. Microsoft antitrust case had revealed that MS keeps backups of all emails on over 100,000 tapes stored offsite, he ordered them to come up with the missing messages."

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unsurprising... by pliny3 · 2003-08-30 14:58 · Score: 2, Redundant

somehow, some AG has to start treating microsofts behavior as a criminal matter. holding managers and executives personally responsible is the only way their culture will change.
Take down that upstart! by atrader42 · 2003-08-30 15:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

Don't let that little company with its claims of intellectual property slow you down! MS Uber alles!
Wait a sec... /me takes off rant hat, puts on anti-MS hat
Go Burst!