From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-14 12:15:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <3F3A33EE.90900@noplace.com> <3F3B89BE.1090207@noplace.com> <1060883245.957247@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:15:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.82.194 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1060888559 129.44.82.194 (Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:15:59 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:15:59 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41468 Date: 2003-08-14T19:15:59+00:00 List-Id: In a perfect world maybe....in the legal world, it's all about money. Sure legally you can take microsoft to court for whatever reason...but how many times can a company afford to do that? How many times can Microsoft afford to do it? Who has the advantage? Tak that last even with Intertrust, Intertrust wants 25,000,000 for an infringement, Microsoft is going to appeal this....in that time it takes for the appeal to happen how much money is microsoft making? a heck of a lot more than the 25 million, I'll tell you that much....so it all ends up going to be paid with money they dont even have yet, not enough to make a dent. Why? Because they got the money for it. See I'm not saying the legal system is corrupt here. Chances are people will win against microsoft (like intertrust did), the legal system is pretty good as far as copyright and patents goes. What makes the legal system corrupt is the money. You'll win...Microsoft will appearl, you might even win again...but how much dammage actually occured in your company as compared to the damage that occured at microsoft? It's all about the point of view you take when analysing what can happen in ratio to what will happen :-) -- St�phane Richard "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1060883245.957247@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > > That says to me "monopoly". > > No one disputes that MS has a monopoly. But it's not > illegal to have a monopoly in the US. Companies which > have a monopoly have extra regulations that they must > follow in order to prevent them from using their status > to avoid competition. >