Sorry for the lack of postings, work has been kicking my butt. We have an important client coming up so my energies have been pretty focused on that. But there have been a few things I’ve noticed going on around the net.
Read more...This is probably old, but I found it funny:
Looks like someone was trying to make a buck off of Microsoft and Adobe. Microsoft is heaping praise on the Sheriff department for making the arrest. I especially like the name of the task force: “Computer And Technology Crime High-Tech Response”. “High-Tech Response” sounds like they should have friggen laser beams on their heads.
Read more...Microsoft’s Dan Fernandez has issued a statement apologizing for the company submitting a patent that appeared to copy BlueJ. They have promised to pull the patent submission and investigate what caused it to be filed in the first place. Microsoft has always had a bad image with patent applications, and this is just the latest in a series of bad PR moves. The most recent of which was the RSS Patent Controversy. Nail Kennedy at the time commented that there were some patent worthy inventions in that case, but that the patent as a whole was probably invalid. Nail’s summary is also relevant to this latest episode, specifically where he mentions the importance of patents in the Microsoft culture:
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