Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Patent Portfolio |
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Author | Paul Vinkenoog |
Post date | 2005-02-11T15:54:51Z |
Hi Lester,
Microsoft used to downplay the Internet and presented MSN as the
better alternative. When it later turned out that their scheme didn't
work, they changed their act. MSN became something *on* the Internet
and Microsoft behaved like they'd always been a warm supporter of the
Net... which, by the way, was invented by Al Gore ;-)
Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog
>> I agree software patents shouldn't exist. I could just see thisFunny how history is sometimes rewritten, eh? I remember vividly how
>> person(or company) try to tackle the big names that already use
>> this method.
> The company is Microsoft ;) they still think they invented the
> internet.
Microsoft used to downplay the Internet and presented MSN as the
better alternative. When it later turned out that their scheme didn't
work, they changed their act. MSN became something *on* the Internet
and Microsoft behaved like they'd always been a warm supporter of the
Net... which, by the way, was invented by Al Gore ;-)
Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog