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Will Microsoft Choke in Court?
By mmays on Aug 24, 2009 | In Big Business
Microsoft may be more willing to settle the case for patent infringement against Word than to tackle the real issue, that harmful conceptual patents are out of control in the software industry. more »
Microsoft Word Sales Blocked by Court Injunction in Conceptual Patent Suit
By mmays on Aug 13, 2009 | In News, Big Business
Microsoft Word sales are blocked by a court ruling declaring the software violates a very broadly worded patent issued in 1998 that many would assert is invalid. Conceptual patents in the software industry are stifling innovation and becoming a lottery system. more »
Do Tightfisted Blu-Ray Policies Encourage Copying?
By mmays on Aug 12, 2009 | In Welcome, News, Big Business
In an effort to protect the hacked encryption scheme of Blu-Ray, industry policy makers force honest movie fans to copy and decrypt their movies. more »
Fighting For The Cloud, Google vs. Microsoft and Office Productivity
By mmays on Aug 5, 2009 | In Welcome, News, Big Business
In a previous post I wrote about how Google Docs were providing features such as office document collaboration that can make people very productive.
Even though I love them and use them regularly, I have to admit that the current features in the Goog… more »
Google vs. Microsoft and The Coming OS Challenge, Will History Repeat Itself?
By mmays on Jul 27, 2009 | In News, Big Business
Looking closely at Google's Chrome OS offering, they may have spotted a good place to grab some market share from the sleeping giant. more »
