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Microsoft on indemnification
Microsoft Corp. has sent out a
press release, citing research from IDC and Forrester Research
that confirms the strong intellectual property protection customers
receive from Microsoft. The release includes testimony from customers
who chose Windows over Linux.
"According to Stephen Graham, group vice president of Global Software
Business Strategies at IDC, "Recent media focus on industry intellectual
property disputes has brought the issue of indemnification to the forefront,
and all signs point to this issue continuing to grow in significance. End
users would be well advised to carefully review all software contracts to
assess potential exposure, including the extent of coverage provided by
vendors for legal costs and damages and the specific criteria for engaging
this protection.""
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Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 10, 2005 22:59 UTC (Thu) by s_cargo (guest, #10473) [Link] strong intellectual property protection customers receive from MicrosoftUnless you own the copyright on CP/M.
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 11, 2005 0:02 UTC (Fri) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] I think William Shakespeare had a few choice words for anyone who would drop Linux because of this kind of thing.
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 11, 2005 1:27 UTC (Fri) by neoprene (guest, #8520) [Link] "...provides customers with strong protection from patent and other intellectual property disputes. .."
Here are some more strong words from a strong IT professional:
"The strong IP protection means that Microsoft will stand behind the products if we should ever find ourselves embroiled in a third-party lawsuit -- something absent with open source vendors."
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Staff_Advisory_Commit...
Can it get any lamer than this?
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 13, 2005 6:03 UTC (Sun) by djabsolut (guest, #12799) [Link] sure... apparently "proprietary, locked-in Windows is more interoperable than open, standards-oriented Linux"
Recent media focus Posted Feb 11, 2005 6:36 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link] "Recent media focus on industry intellectual property disputes ..."Created largely by Microsoft itself: Funding the SCO lawsuits, Balmer's not so veiled warnings to Asian governements foolish enough to consider Linux... A nice protection racket.
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 11, 2005 13:41 UTC (Fri) by vmole (subscriber, #111) [Link] My googlefoo isn't sufficient to track down a link right now, but wasn't there a case a few years ago where MS licensed a patent for SQL SDK, but didn't license the rights for users of the that SDK? Thus, people developing third part MS SQL apps were in violation, and MS said, oh, that's too bad...
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 11, 2005 15:50 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link] Timeline.
Microsoft on indemnification Posted Feb 12, 2005 7:12 UTC (Sat) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] The case was in early 2003. On the one hand, this is before MSFT changed its i13n policy to the current one, but on the other hand, the current policy still doesn't cover the combination of the covered software with a non-Microsoft product, data or business process. -- so if you use MSFT web tools to put up a "One-Click" order form, even their new i13n doesn't seem to help.
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