Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again

ukhackster writes "The EC is threatening Microsoft with yet more fines. This time, it's over the interoperability protocols that Microsoft has been ordered to open up to its rivals. The EC has examined 1,500 pages of information about the protocols, and concluded that they 'lack significant innovation'. This is pretty damning for both Microsoft and the patent system, as it has been awarded 36 patents covering this technology and has another 37 pending. Could this encourage someone like the EFF to start pushing to get these patents overturned? The EU has a FAQ about this issue, containing additional details on the subject.

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Thank you mods, may I have another?

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How is this redundant? Fuckwits. Here, mod this one down too. All you are doing is wasting your own mod points, you can't touch my karma.

You just don't like the fact that I used the phrase "redistribution of wealth" and implied that the wealthy were doing the redistributing. But you don't have anything intelligent to say about it, so you use the mod-stick.

Face it, if you aren't rich, patents aren't doing shit for you, except making products more expensive. By rich, I mean making over $1,000,000 per year. You $200,000 a year folks, you aren't rich, and you never will be. So stop sucking up to them, they are screwing you as much if not more than they are screwing the poor $25,000 a year guy.