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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 02:04 AM EDT |
I don't see any reference to WordPerfect in the linked to article
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Authored by: mcinsand on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 09:29 AM EDT |
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/16/shills/">The
Reg</a> has an interesting article, and it is very thought-provoking for
me. I do believe in freedom of speech, and I do believe in freedom to express
opposing views. However, slander and lies are not covered. I am not accusing
some people of lying simply because they disagree with me, but some certain
people that we have discussed here seem to have the cognitive ability to
complete a reasonably written sentence (sometimes in a second language), while
espousing an opinion on a set of facts that is not rational. It's not only
happened repeatedly, but certain parties now have a fairly consistent record of
getting it wrong. Face it, certain parties depended on having an accurate view
to get corporate sponsorship, they'd be on government assistance.
Paying a writer to express your perspective is one thing, paying them to espouse
positions that the facts clearly oppose is another. Let's reword; paying
someone to tell your version of the truth is not the same as paying the person
to lie.
Especially now, with the ads we are currently seeing in the US, this is a very
sensitive issue for me. As an American, I am ashamed of the constant stream of
lies I see from both sides. If a group has to be dishonest in order to advocate
itself, then I don't need it!
Regards,
mc
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 01:48 PM EDT |
It's in their corporate blog, so it must be official!
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-wants-patent-peace-in-ongoing-motorola-spat-70000
01945/
In a blog post by Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith and deputy general
counsel Horacio Gutierrez, the two top lawyers said Google "mounted a
public relations and lobbying campaign deflecting attention from its refusal to
honor its promise to standards bodies to license standards-essential patents on
[fair and reasonable] terms," which led to authorities on both sides of the
Atlantic in the U.S and the EU to investigate. The lawyers said they
"expect[ed] more" in the future.
So far we have:
Across the U.S., more than a dozen Android-powered Motorola devices are banned
from being imported to the U.S. for sale because Motorola was found to have
infringed Microsoft's ActiveSync patent, thanks to a ruling by the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC).
More recently, a German court banned the sale of all Motorola devices running
Android because the smartphone maker infringed a Microsoft-owned patent relating
to file storage.
However, Microsoft didn't come away from the scrap unwounded.
Motorola secured an injunction against Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany over
H.264 video codecs, though the sales ban will not be enforced immediately.
Microsoft said it wanted to use the video compression technology, but Motorola
would charge in the region of $4 billion in annual royalties -- which Microsoft
said was not at the market rate.
EU authorities are investigating to see whether its handling of patents breaks
antitrust law or not.
In order to come to an agreement, a "lasting solution of these disputes
will not be reached by leaking settlement positions through the press,"
adding: "Patent peace will be found through good faith engagement."
Microsoft just wants everyone to all get along.
~30~
Does this mean that they will stop the NDAs so that leaks won't undermine their
strategy?
Will they now suddenly start doing good faith negotiations?
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