Patents are not property
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| Microsoft was seeking to get its Internet technologies, which are
| built into Vista, the next version of Windows, made into Internet
| standards. The RAND controversy was an impediment to that effort. So
| Microsoft made a business decision. It didn't give up its property. It
| sacrificed its monopoly. In hopes of getting something of value in return.
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