Comment Re:Who protects us from MS's patents? (Score 1) 472
Who is going to protect us from {fill in the blank} patents.....
Just for giggles I followed the link to the uspo and indeed the patent was filed in '97 but granted this past Tuesday. So then I peeked at the one prior to MS's and it was to IBM (6,785,864) and the one after to Adobe (6,785,866)
It's not just MS - it's all the parties picking up rocks to hurl at each other in case a suit is filed against them. During the cold war it was known as MAD (mutually assured destruction).
Just for giggles I followed the link to the uspo and indeed the patent was filed in '97 but granted this past Tuesday. So then I peeked at the one prior to MS's and it was to IBM (6,785,864) and the one after to Adobe (6,785,866)
It's not just MS - it's all the parties picking up rocks to hurl at each other in case a suit is filed against them. During the cold war it was known as MAD (mutually assured destruction).
