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Old 07-10-2004   #1 (permalink)
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M$ && IP theft
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A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative.
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heh, wouldnt it be funny if the company that was responsible for the invention of the term "software piracy" was being prosicuted for pirating other peoples code
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Haven't a few European companies already sued M$ for pirating code? I seem to remember something like that...
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heh, wouldnt it be funny if the company that was responsible for the invention of the term "software piracy" was being prosicuted for pirating other peoples code
Well said, mate!
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heh, wouldnt it be funny if the company that was responsible for the invention of the term "software piracy" was being prosicuted for pirating other peoples code
Well said, mate!
I second that and i'll bring the beer to the party when it happens!!
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