Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2007 18:40:17 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
But I have yet to see Mr Frank Nelson weigh in on this.
And since he claims authority on this subject I'm sure more denials of Microsoft's true intent are forthcoming....
If MSFT had that much *enforceable* patents, you think they wouldn't have sued yet? This is the old FUD spreading issue that MSFT has been so good at in the past. I'd say just ignore such statements. Those that really believe those statements have the worst punishment: they'll have to keep sticking to Windows :)
Philipp
I'll play the devil's advocate for a minute here. Any lawyer will tell you that taking a case to court is risky at best. Even if your claim is valid, once you add people into the mix, nothing's ever truly certain. Giving the best possible explanation for Microsoft--and please don't laugh too hard--what they may be doing is trying to see if they can negotiate a settlement that's more certain. Okay, to end that whole charade, even if Microsoft's patents are valid, there's a six year statute of limitations, so the question boils down to when did Microsoft notice the patents were being violated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org