M$ getting sued - 85% 30/33 judges agree

Capt'n Midnight

For some reason I can't reply on the other thread so ..

Nice Background on this ...
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,400412,00.html

Bottom line - IBM and M$ are both being sued - both will most likely win.
But if IBM loose then the Linux kernel can have it's multiprocesor code replaced with the older 2.2 dual processor code fairly quickly while the patent workaround is being developed. (also most other unix's like BSD should be unaffected)

Anyone who has ever used MP3z has to love this
( Sony + Phillips ) Vs. Micro$oft


Slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/07/23/1947257.shtml?tid=109&tid=123&tid=155&tid=187&tid=99

[Edit] Below was on wrong forum..

Extracts..

Evil vs. Evil?

Sony is an archfoe of Microsoft since Redmond released the XBox. Several large Japanese companies recently made a lot of noise about standardizing on Linux for consumer electronics, which is pretty bad for WindowsCE. Some observers wondered if the goal of that publicity wasn't just to score a marketing point against WinCE...

Sony and Philips are not exactly monolithic enterprises, but consist of two distinct competitors in anything with regard to entertainment products. However, Sony and Philips have always been interested in establishing firm and open standards, see DAT, see CD.

Them winning a case in DRM would mean nothing but a victory for the user, because they will not use the technique as their salespitch, but distribution of contents with open standards. I prefer that very much more than leaving all mechanisms with regard to DRM in the hand of one company that firmly believes in controlling and selling the patented mechanisms of enforcing DRM.

GRAHAM2002

At last somone is going to have a crack at those bastards.