Comments on: Microsoft to ‘Pay’ $0.1 Billion to Settle Mississippi Case Against Its Crimes

By: Yfrwlf

Yfrwlf — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:05:23 +0000

If consumers always had a choice between OSes when they went to purchase a new computer, that may be enough. But yes, most/all patents (including those beyond the software realm) are also very hurtful to choice and competition.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:22:50 +0000

It’s a multi-faceted issue.

By: aeshna23

aeshna23 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:51:31 +0000

I think this issue is a distraction. Let Microsoft install IE with its OS. Big deal. We need to focus on ending software patents.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:35:46 +0000

“Can Microsoft ever change its behaviour? That’s highly doubtful. It never tried, it never did.”
I won’t say that it is impossible, but no I would not expect it to happen anytime soon either.
And on Windows N, I said before that Vista’s sound recorder can only save WMA files, unless you are running the N editions without WMP, in which you can only save WAV files.