Microsoft Assembles Patent Arsenal for Longhorn

stock writes "The heat is on. Inside eweek.com are some remarkable articles: 'You see, Microsoft is busy patenting everything it can lay its hands on with all three. In fact, Microsoft is now building up its patent arsenal, applying for a rather amazing 10 patents a day. The idea isn't to ensure that Microsoft makes a fair profit from its patents; it's to make sure that no one else can write fully compatible software.' An older article mentions some other patents."

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Re:the evidence that the day is coming is mounting

[kiwimate]

Interesting...so what's the plan for that other bastion of patents-out-the-wazoo, IBM? You know, the Linux hero in corporate clothing?

See, this is why I barely come to /. any more...pointless and uninteresting articles with scant information (especially from Michael), and futile arguments and knee-jerk paranoid reactions masquerading as discussion.