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Microsoft Offers to License the Internet

Posted by michael on from the low-low-price-of-$29.95 dept.

NW writes "According to an eWeek story Microsoft is beginning to assert IP rights over 130 protocols including many basic Internet protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, etc. The story originates with a mailing list post to the IETF's IPR list."

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  1. Microsoft matured? by Lispy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A while ago I read a story about how Microsoft sees it self now as a mature company and that they wanted to play fair from now on. I was thinking "Yeah, right!" back then, but this story goes to show that old Redmond still takes every chance to stick other peoples ideas to their own crown (wich was of course a direct translation of a german saying, couldn't think of a fitting american phrase).

    I just hope they won't be successful. They wouldn't be trying if there wasn't a chance of winning. Don't forget, Microsoft is not SCO.

  2. Boy is Al Gore gonna be pissed ... by B747SP · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Boy is Al Gore gonna be pissed when he heards that microsoft is trying to steal his thunder. Those bastards!

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  3. MS didn't create the internet by Underholdning · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In other news, Al Gore sued Microsoft for infringing his IP on creating the internet.

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  4. but.. by WhitePanther5000 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Microsoft disgusts me, I thought it was common knowledge that Unix was written for networking, while Windows and Dos were originally standalone operating systems. Windows even contains some BSD code for their networking protocols. I hope no one is foolish enough to get the license. Knowledge should be free.

  5. Re:How can I pay? by turgid · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Just leave $20 000 in used notes in a brown paper bag under the bush behind the bench in the park, by 22:00 hours tonight, or the Monkey Man gets it.

    No, wait, that ain't right.

    You get it from the Monkey Man.

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  6. Re:Righteous Indignation (a.k.a. The US Was First) by electrichamster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Minor correction, but at the time it was actually "ARPA" (Advanced Research Projects Agency) when most of the development took place, and wasn't renamed to "DARPA" (Defense Research Porjects Agency) until 79' or so.
    So the original name was "ARPAnet", and that stuck, even after the department was renamed.

    That, along with the common misconception that the network was developed initially for communication in nuclear attack (it wasn't, it was for linking together universities to share resources), are two of my pet hates.

    There you go kids, thats something you learned today :)

  7. Am we 4 years too late for that joke ? by MrTheBunny · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did I miss something ? I though Al Gore was the guy who invented the Internet... When did he sell his patents to Microsoft ?