Comments on: Ten of Microsoft’s Ten Thousand Patents http://technologizer.com/2009/02/10/ten-of-microsofts-ten-thousand-patents/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Charli http://technologizer.com/2009/02/10/ten-of-microsofts-ten-thousand-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-9443 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:42:30 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=7903#comment-9443 It’s a shame the average Joe can’t afford a patent or the renewal fee’s that our government in a very stupid move decided was a great idea.

The guy that developed some really great green innovations for our vehicles lost all his patents because he couldn’t afford the renewals and of course the big guys got the patents. I heard this on NPR quite a while ago.

Of course Microsoft has so many patents…they have the money to get the patent and to keep it. Sorry this story doesn’t make me warm and fuzzy but I don’t see MS as a great company especially when I have so many problems with IE and other MS programs.

]]> By: Dennis http://technologizer.com/2009/02/10/ten-of-microsofts-ten-thousand-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-9400 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:13:10 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=7903#comment-9400 Microsoft bound documentation came in these plastic boxes. The lid would flip down and hold the document for you. It was very clever.

]]> By: Ben http://technologizer.com/2009/02/10/ten-of-microsofts-ten-thousand-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-9310 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:23:20 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=7903#comment-9310 Having once worked nears racks of old Microsoft documentation (but not having any of it handy), I imagine they used it when shipping the volumes upon volumes of documentation you could get for their products (especially the developer documentation).

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