On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Philip S Tellis wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
>
>> Microsoft does a good job of identifying good technology anywhere and
>> then tweaking it suitably to make it look like it came from them. You
>> can't argue that.
>>
>> There are times when Microsoft picks up good stuff that we didn't even
>> bother looking it.
>>
>> If they can rip good ideas from everyone, we can rip good ideas from
>> them too, right?
>
>Not always. See Microsoft rips ideas that are essentially open and hence
>rippable. They then modify, proprietise and copyright the technology
>making it non-rippable. They have also not come out with anything
>original.
>
>Philip
They don't copyright it, they patent the damn thing (where possible)! Copy
rights can be worked around, patents can't.
Devdas Bhagat
--
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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