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Comment Re:Failure loop (Score 1) 212

by CptRevelation on Friday July 13, 2007 @10:32AM (#19848539) Attached to: Microsoft .NET Patch May Make PCs Go "Haywire"

Yeah I had the same thing happen to me when that patch tried to install it failed, restarted the computer and went to the site to download it directly. Same thing happened again with it failing, a little "rinse and repeat" brought another failure so I made the system ignore it as well.

Submission + - Microsoft Patents Disclosed (somewhat)!

Submitted by CptRevelation on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @07:39AM

CptRevelation writes: Just recently Microsoft announced a list of the most detailed info yet against the open-source community. Even though they accuse companies of infringement, they state they would rather do licensing deals instead of any legal action. Microsoft states that the free Linux software violates 42 patents. Graphical user interfaces, the way menus and windows look on the screen, breach 65. E-mail programs step on 15, and other programs touch 68 other patents. As well as accusing Open Office of 45 patent infringements. "Microsoft can't drive a company out of business and make Linux go away," said Al Gillen, an analyst at the technology research group IDC.

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