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Old 04-09-2009, 07:30 PM
Mike Hall - MVP
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Re: Microsoft Fined for stealing Activation Program.

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<me211@privacy.net> wrote in message news:grm84p$tgk$1@aioe.org...[color=blue]
> Alias wrote:[color=green]
>> [url]http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131339[/url]
>> Now ain't that nice, MS gets fined for stealing WPA. The irony! MS gets
>> conviction of stealing the program they use to make sure no one steals
>> from them!
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
>
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> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]


Its states an infringement of a patent, not theft directly. Either way, it
has cost MS dear..


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Old 04-09-2009, 07:30 PM