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80% of MS Server Protocols Are Unpatented

Posted by timothy on from the minefield-aerobics dept.

perlow writes "ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow and Centrify's Tom Kemp discover that 80 percent of all Microsoft server protocols are un-patented. What exactly then, did SAMBA license? Are Microsoft's patent and intellectual property threats simply the growls of a paper tiger?"

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  1. It makes sense ... by utnapistim · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... afterall, to patent them, they would need to describe them :)

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    Tie two birds together: although they have four wings, they cannot fly. (The blind man)
  2. Re:As a wild guess... by SL+Baur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google has the patent on toilets used for a server protocol. See http://www.google.com/tisp/index.html