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>Subject: RE: DBC Microsoft Mentality
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 07:41:01 -0700
> From: "William Wood" <wrwood@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "John Manasco" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <editorial@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>she's got of value to trade. Pretty presumptious to assume she's asking for
>something for nothing. And to compare MSFT to the mafia. Wow there's an
>analogy that escaped me. I use MSFT software because it is better. MSFT
>has improved my computer life trememdously.
>
>I dont mind that they developed
>superior software based in part on the ideas of others. Whats wrong with
>that. Stolen?? Get real, if anything was stolen MSFT would have been
>prosecuted and sued and would now be bankrupt.
>...
>Bill Wood
FROM: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/40/ns-10651.html
Microsoft sued again for patent infringement
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:47:06 GMT
Lisa M Bowman
This time, Priceline.com wants its dues
Priceline.com filed suit against Microsoft Wednesday, stating that
MS's Expedia.com travel site has launched a "copycat" hotel
service that violates Priceline patents.
...
Priceline is suing Microsoft for violating its patent for the
technology that charges consumers automatically once a hotel
room meets their conditions. It also accuses Microsoft of violating
the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by swiping technology
from its patent applications. Priceline claims the computer giant
stole the disputed technology during a series of meetings before
the company went public. During those meetings, Priceline said it
shared technical data with Microsoft under a non-disclosure
agreement, as the companies tried to work toward a business
partnership.
...
This is not the first time a company has claimed that Microsoft
stole its technology after meeting to discuss a business relationship.
In December 1998, Goldtouch Technologies sued the software
giant, saying Microsoft illegally copied its design for an ergonomic
mouse after the two companies had discussed the product. Other
companies who've sued Microsoft for patent infringement include
Eolas Technologies, which claimed earlier this year that the
Redmond giant infringed upon a plug-in patent. And in 1994, a
jury ordered Microsoft to settle with Stac Electronics for violating
a data-compression patent [$120M in the STAC case].
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