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Somewhere in their cloud computing strategy must be to attempt to sue SalesForce.com out of business for software patent infringement.
by eel 16y ago
Somewhere in their cloud computing strategy must be to attempt to sue SalesForce.com out of business for software patent infringement.
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- awa 16y agolike it was in Apple's iPhone strategy to sue HTC? Microsoft gets sued for millions of dollars every year over patents and it makes sense for them to use the laws in their favor from time to time to make some of that money back.
- eel 16y agoNo? Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_sues_salesforce_for_patent_infringement_1.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_sues_salesfor... It's not even typical Microsoft behavior. From the article above: Although the frequent target of such suits, the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft itself has only filed patent infringement suits four times in its history. That makes me think that Microsoft is taking cloud computing very seriously, as Ballmer alludes to, and I would include going out of their way to seek injunctions against one of the largest players in cloud computing.
- bad_user 16y agoThey may have filled patent infringement suits only four times until now ... but they've threatened companies far more than that. They aren't stupid ... patent infringement suits can get their patents overthrown. You can win much more by spreading FUD.