"webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message[/color]
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>> Its states an infringement of a patent, not theft directly.
>> Either way, it has cost MS dear..[/color]
>
> Why in the world would MS do something like this?
> They must have thought it was worth the price.
> I took Bill Gates for smarter than that.[/color]

During the big antitrust trial (1998 or so), some of Microsoft's
lawyers' arguments were ridiculous. The practice is not new at
Microsoft (and probably other closed source software publishers).




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