Documentation Compliance Means MS Can Resume Collecting Protocol Royalties 139
angry tapir writes "Microsoft may begin collecting royalties again for licensing some protocols because clear technical documentation is now available, according to the US Department of Justice. The change comes after the DOJ issued its latest joint status report regarding its 2002 antitrust settlement with Microsoft. The settlement required Microsoft to make available technical documentation that would allow other vendors to make products that are interoperable with Windows."
Re:Outrageous (Score:2, Funny)
Damn your pizza analogies, I'm hungry now...
Ahh, shit (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Outrageous (Score:2, Funny)
It could be worse. If you've had a few drinks and he used a car analogy, you could be off driving right now...
Re:Outrageous (Score:5, Funny)
Congratulations! (Score:5, Funny)
Congratulations, Microsoft, and allow me to offer this toast:
May you attempt to create a revenue stream and inhibit competition, and continue to poison your long-term success by limiting others' ability to create novel goods and services with your platforms.
May your long, slow, demise be as stealthy as a panther in the night, so that you may continue not to understand until it is too late to recover and your war chest is too depleted to purchase any particularly egregious laws during your death spasms.
And finally, may Steve Ballmer always be your public face. He is nearly as amusing as Sarah Palin.
Re:Congratulations! (Score:5, Funny)
And finally, may Steve Ballmer always be your public face. He is nearly as amusing as Sarah Palin.
You software hippies are just afraid of Steve Ballmer because of his good looks, his charm, his masculinity, his Christianity, his ability connect to the common user and his overall wonderfulness!
Re:Congratulations! (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, someone who throws chairs about so handily must press a lot of benches.
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