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Posted Jul 17, 2009 8:31 UTC (Fri) by fb (subscriber, #53265)
In reply to: Vote with your dollars by wtogami
Parent article: Linux Vendor Settles With Microsoft (InformationWeek)

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.)


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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.

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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.

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