Microsoft Assembles Patent Arsenal for Longhorn 571
stock writes "The heat is on. Inside eweek.com are some remarkable articles: 'You see, Microsoft is busy patenting everything it can lay its hands on with
all three. In fact, Microsoft is now building up its patent arsenal, applying
for a rather amazing 10 patents a day. The idea isn't to ensure that
Microsoft makes a fair profit from its patents; it's to make sure that no one
else can write fully compatible software.' An older article mentions some other patents."
Patent to apply for (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, I'd do it too... (Score:2, Funny)
Karma Whores Coming ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Patent to apply for (Score:2, Funny)
"Microsoft Inventor" Software (Score:5, Funny)
Sample output:
e-commerce
e-communism
e-constipation
e-conifer
one-click shopping
one-click shipping
one-clock shopping
one-click slapping
BASIC
ADA
difference engine
mouse
rat
.....
Not only this, but it can generate 1,400 patent applications per day, all conveniently dated to 1878 so you can beat everyone to the punch. Microsoft "Created" this after it embraced and extended a third-party password-guesser program.
Re:Karma Whores Coming ... (Score:1, Funny)
I guess that would make me the -1, Troll reply, too...
Huzzah for title truncation! (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot | Microsoft Assembles Patent Arse...
Patent the flaws (Score:2, Funny)
Cheers, Erik
Breaking News! (Score:4, Funny)
You may ask how in the hell they managed this one, but it seems they have devised a novel way to herd Worms. They just set boxes of Windows out in the fields, and the worms just keep rollin in. AMAZING. Wormherders everywhere are jumping for joy.
Even master wormhered Paul Maud'dib had to give them credit.
10 patents a day? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:3, Funny)
Patent patent patent patent
Patent patent patent patent
Lock in, lock in!
Patent patent patent patent
Patent patent patent patent
Lock in, lock in!
I think I saw a Mac, a Mac!
At the DoJ, FTC, et al:
<crickets chirping, tumble weeds roll by>
Re:the evidence that the day is coming is mounting (Score:3, Funny)
Remember, in ten years... hardware will be free.
Just ask MicroSoft.
Re:the evidence that the day is coming is mounting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is why there needs to be "Defensive Patent (Score:3, Funny)
i.e.
Our Lord Christ the Savior Virgin Mary Church of Obedience Newsletter,
May 5th, Wednesday night service at 6:30 pm
May 9th, Bible Vacation school starts
May 14th, sunrise breakfast
Please congratulate Brother Jeb for coming up with a process that uses a database that uses cookies on a congregate's website to make tithings through a remote payment system that remembers the congregate's information so future tithing can be done via a one-click process
May 21st, Movie night, Passion of the Christ
May 28th, Friday night bookclub discussion, "The Da Vacini Code" fact or fiction?
This would count as publication
Re:This is why there needs to be "Defensive Patent (Score:1, Funny)