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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. I'm no math whiz, but... by ZombieWomble · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What exactly then, did SAMBA license? I'm going to guess about 20% of Microsoft server protocols?
  2. from that 20%? by amigabill · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "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?

    Perhaps something from that other 20%? Or maybe a different kind of license and not a patent license?

  3. Dumb question by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "What exactly then, did SAMBA license?"

    Ummm, the other 20%?

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
  4. This Begs the question by dietdew7 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is Microsoft a paper tiger.

  5. Re:It makes sense ... by cheater512 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isnt there a myth that the code is still there in Vista?