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Vote with your dollarsVote with your dollarsPosted Jul 17, 2009 4:16 UTC (Fri) by wtogami (subscriber, #32325)Parent article: Linux Vendor Settles With Microsoft (InformationWeek)
I'm ashamed that I bought products from both TomTom and Buffalo, although it was years ago. The best I can do is never buy products from these companies again.
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Vote with your dollars Posted Jul 17, 2009 8:31 UTC (Fri) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]
The way I read your comment, you seem angry because neither company took upon itself to fix the US patent system through litigation.
Wouldn't it better to place blame and fix requests where they belong? (At the law makers.)
Vote with your dollars Posted Jul 17, 2009 10:10 UTC (Fri) by whacker (guest, #55546) [Link]
> Wouldn't it better to place blame and fix requests where they belong? (At > the law makers.)
They could at least settle the cases. But protest loudly for doing so. Talk about how Microsoft is being the big bully in the school yard. If they are lucky, there will be public attention and discussion of the problem.
Vote with your dollars Posted Jul 19, 2009 17:26 UTC (Sun) by wtogami (subscriber, #32325) [Link]
TomTom went to the effort to join OIN, appearing that they would fight it in court, but shortly after they rolled over in submission rather than fighting.
Vote with your dollars Posted Jul 17, 2009 12:11 UTC (Fri) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]
You would do better to avoid companies like IBM and Nokia (and of course Microsoft) which actively lobby in favour of software patents and have tried to have them introduced in Europe.
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