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Mozilla Foundation Sues Microsoft Over Tabbed Browsing

Posted by Zonk on from the total-copy-cats dept.

SlashRating© 64 slashdottit! tm According to the german tech-site heise.de, the Mozilla Foundation is suing Microsoft over the use of tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer 7. The Mozilla Foundation owns the patent 5,160,296 through one of their developers (Solomon Katz, a former Opera dev) and has begun suing Microsoft in Mountainview, California. The Foundation wants that MS immediately ceases to distribute IE 7 and pays 1.4 Billion dollars in damages. Heise reports that Microsoft has issued no official response, but is contemplating to ship IE 7 NT (no tabs).

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  1. Mod me insightful for no real reason by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Troll

    Come on. Come oooooon

    1. Re:Mod me insightful for no real reason by jibjibjib · · Score: 1, Troll

      Dude, that only works the first time.

  2. As these stories are just bs... by xtracto · · Score: 0, Troll

    I want some karma too...

    But I have to answer to the current poll.

    Missing Option:
    Boobs. [No need to speak spanish]... might not be too safe for work.

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  3. And In Other News by coyote4til7 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And in other news readers notice that (once again) every Slashdot posting on 4/1 is an April Fool's joke. Since April Fool's jokes arn't funny when you see them coming, no one is fooled. Commander Taco continues to laugh.

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