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M$ faces trial over 'autoplay'
« on: 10 February 2004, 16:56 »
"Microsoft faces a trial in a patent infringement suit over the "autoplay" feature in Windows that automatically starts an application after storage media is loaded into a PC."

ComputerWeekly.com
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M$ faces trial over 'autoplay'
« Reply #1 on: 10 February 2004, 17:05 »
Microsoft getting sued is a good thing, but this whole patenting thing suck.

We can expect Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and Netscape getting sued for the "rendering hyperlinks that redirect to another page" patent in the comming future.
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