Re:When Patents Attack
by dredmorbius on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @02:42AM
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If we want to software patents go away, we need to see that Microsoft, Apple, and other big players are sued and lose for patent infringement on a regular, expensive basis.
That's pretty much what happened to Microsoft. It got sued and creamed repeatedly in the late 1990s and early aughts. Myrvold's venture is a very obvious outcome. Earlier foreshadowings included Microsoft's pressuring Wang to sue Netscape: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/1943376/wang-loses-lawsuit-ne... http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-04-17/business/1995107...
(One of many reasons those with long memories have little trust or love of the former Redmond giant).
(Edit: fixed italics on quoted text.)