DanS wrote:[color=blue]
> John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in news:RiSDl.5286$Lr6.2448
> @flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com:
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>> I am wondering how many arguing against Microsoft in this thread live
>> in countries that either have no intellectual property law or do not
>> enforce American intellectual property rights. And they probably have
>> never paid for software.
>>
>> The irony.[/color]
>
> Uh, no.
>
> The irony is that MS has accused developers of Linux distro's and Linux s/w
> of infringing on like 100 and some patents that MS claims they own.[/color]

You mean that they actually own.[color=blue]
>
> And then, they go out and do the same thing. (Allegedly.)[/color]

The court action is not over with as of yet.[color=blue]
>
> This has nothing to do with who lives where, it's the pot calling the
> kettle black, and a 100 other cliche's.[/color]

Oh?[color=blue]
>
> The whole patent thing, and IP, is waaaaaay out of hand. And unfortunately,
> with the state of the legal system in the US, it's usually *much* less
> expensive to just settle and pay them, than it is to fight and be
> vindicated. I'm sure it isn't what the 'founding fathers' had in mind.[/color]

That is one statement we can agree on!