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Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution

Posted by simoniker on from the twenty-seconds-to-comply dept.

RobHornick writes "According to CNET News, Eolas Technologies, a company that's already won a patent infringement judgement against Microsoft regarding Internet Explorer, has filed a motion to stop Microsoft from distributing its IE software until they remove Eolas' patented technology for running plug-ins, or pay up for a license."

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  1. Famous last words: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pay up, Microsoft.

    1. Re:Famous last words: by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 3, Funny
      Oh, this is no big deal. Microsoft will just have to distribute Windows without IE until they get the new IE ready. Right?

      I mean, how hard could it be for them to un-bundle one little app?

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  2. Well... by the_flatlander · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank goodness closed source software is free of IP issues, eh?

  3. Between a rock and a hard place by mhlandrydotnet · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yay! We hate Micro$oft!

    Booo! We hate software patents!

    Master wouldn't betray us, would he? What are we to think?

  4. Happy Days Are Here Again by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Web developers face the possibility of having to significantly rewrite their pages or strip them of commonly used technologies like Macromedia's Flash.

    Gentlemen, the tech employment slump is now over!

    Please raise your hourly rates by $10.

    $20 if you do Java Server pages, a bad idea whose time has come (disclaimer: I do JSPs).

    Time to dig out those hookers' business cards!

    (And the office foosball table suppliers' cards too!)

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