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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 3 December 2003, 20:37

Title: Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing Program
Post by: Xeen on 3 December 2003, 20:37
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Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it will expand its technology licensing program to make it easier for other companies and academic institutions to use its intellectual properties for other products and research.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20031203/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_ip_dc (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20031203/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_ip_dc)
Title: Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing Program
Post by: WMD on 4 December 2003, 00:26
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Originally posted by xeen:

...to use its intellectual properties...


 :D   I love the way Yahoo rubbed that in.  :D

This ain't so major: the FAT filesystem is old now (even if it's the only MS FS that Linux supports).

They just did it because they like to "license" stuff.  :D
Title: Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing Program
Post by: Xeen on 4 December 2003, 00:47
quote:
Originally posted by WMD:

They just did it because they like to "license" stuff.


yup.
Title: Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing Program
Post by: Refalm on 4 December 2003, 01:25
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WMD: even if it's the only MS FS that Linux supports


Don't live in the past. Linux supports NTFS, Active Directory, Domains, and all that other MS stuff.
Title: Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing Program
Post by: WMD on 4 December 2003, 02:21
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:


Don't live in the past. Linux supports NTFS, Active Directory, Domains, and all that other MS stuff.


Erm yeah - I just got back from the Mandrake website.  NTFS support all right  :D