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Re: [News] Microsoft-Related Patent Troll Attacks

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft-Related Patent Troll Attacks
  • From: Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:16:18 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Erisian claw
  • References: <10530628.JpXDUe9RhF@schestowitz.com> <zkwqhu2n34k4.dlg@funkenbusch.com>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1155292
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:43:43 -0500,
 Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:22:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> This may appear to be just a new, obnoxious example of patent trolling
>> (in this case by Blackboard).  However, there are connections between
>> Blackboard and Microsoft:
>> 
>> http://www.blackboard.com/company/press/release.aspx?id=510542
>> http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/751121
>> http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2001/04/23/daily13.html
>> http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2001/12/04/news/4013.shtml
>> http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i13/13a02701.htm
>
> Got anything newer than 5 years ago?
>
> Stop being so dishonest


coming from Erik, that's hilarious. 

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Jim Richardson     http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
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didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable. 
    --Leslie Lamport

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