Microsoft Ordered To Pay $388 Million In Patent Case

jeffmeden writes "BusinessWeek reports today that Microsoft suffered a loss in federal court Monday. The judge rendering the verdict ordered Microsoft to pay $388 Million in damages for violating a patent held by Uniloc, a California maker of software that prevents people from illegally installing software on multiple computers. Uniloc claims Microsoft's Windows XP and some Office programs infringe on a related patent they hold. It's hard to take sides on this one, but one thing is certain: should the verdict hold up, it will be heavily ironic if the extra copies of XP and Office sold due to crafty copy protection end up not being worth $388 million."

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Re:Karma

[mgblst]

Yes, we hate fucking Microsoft, it has been like that for a while. We cheer when something shit happens to them. If you are really having problems with this then go somewhere else.

what are you smoking?

[way2trivial]

most free software has eula's

it's a lot less restrictive than for commercial software- but they are present.

maybe not some dink single purpose app- but anything with an installer has an agreement at the head of installation.