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EvolveOrConvolve

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Wed Aug-12-09 06:24 PM
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1. i4i is one of those vulture companies

that create vague and nebulous patents that they then use to extort money out of large corporations. I don't feel very sorry for Microsoft most of the time, but this time they got hit by one of the extortionists. Hell, if this lawsuit is anything to go on, half of the software projects I've worked on in the last ten years have been copyright infringements. XML is an an open technology that as far as I know patented by anyone and is unpatentable.

If the judgment holds up, the next time you buy a Microsoft product, a dollar or two is going to be going directly into i4i's pocket.

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