The IT Skeptic - Comments for "What ARE Microsoft up to? Patents on RSS, CMDB, IT operations... Can they get away with this?"

Maybe everyone should thank

Ziggi — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:17:46 +0000

Maybe everyone should thank Microsoft? With a Microsoft fence around RSS the cutting edge players will be looking over the horizon the next advancement. Onward!

Not good

Scott — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:28:25 +0000

Maybe Microsoft has a new business model: sue

http://bink.nu/Article9160.bink

"Microsoft filed suit against Alcatel-Lucent in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, claiming the French company is infringing on 10 of its patents involving future methods for transmitting combined voice and data messages."

I agree more than ever with your original post.

Scott

to establish their own history as a defensive legal tactic

skeptic — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:02:09 +0000

So it's just to show their own "prior art"? to establish their own history as a defensive legal tactic? Makes sense...

All those who trust Microsoft not to complete the patent claim and then use it against their competitors say "aye".

Covering themselves

Scott — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:30:56 +0000

Microsoft is just trying to cover themselves. They would prefer not to get sued if someone else gets a RSS patent.

If you never ask, she'll never say yes.

(Fill in better metaphor here)

Scott