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Article #975Re: Unpopular argument: Sending tech jobs abroad is good
From: John R Pierce
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 07:58
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 07:58
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 06:46:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope <spope33@speedymail.org> wrote: >q@q.com <q@q.com> wrote: > >>Let's see... >>They infringed on Stac Electronics' compress algorithms which >>Microsoft incorporated in MS-DOS 6. The courts found Microsoft guilty >>of patent infringement. Microsoft eventually bought Stack Electronics. > >Yes, sorta. The patent infringment was probably there but >not really provable. What made Microsoft fold was violating >an NDA. yeah, somethign like that... was a mess. MS had a deal with STAC, then they tried to raise the ante, so MS backed out. meanwhile, 6.20 was shipping with STAC code in it per the deal. I don't believe MS bought STAC, I think they bought another garage firm that had a similar-but-different comprssion product.
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