Comments on: Microsoft Uses Pressure Groups to Push Software Patents Into Europe http://techrights.org/2009/02/26/ms-eu-patent-lobby/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/02/26/ms-eu-patent-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-60002 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:25:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/26/ms-eu-patent-lobby/#comment-60002 They seem to be doing the same type of things in South Africa and India.

]]> By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2009/02/26/ms-eu-patent-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-59999 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:48:45 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/26/ms-eu-patent-lobby/#comment-59999 >> “can’t distinguish between hardware and software so the patents get issued anyway.”

This typical play by Microsoft appears to be to muddy things so that they enlist the support of many others by having it appear their fates are intertwined.. so that they appear to be one of the gang. After all, many don’t want patents to be abolished for costly “hard” items; thus (would go the argument), they have to support the “soft” as well.

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