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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Pissed_Macman on 11 January 2003, 05:45

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 11 January 2003, 05:45

Well this is the end, guys. Microsoft's won, we may as well quit posting here now. Too bad, we were making progress.

get a load of this article. (http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html)

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: TB on 11 January 2003, 06:11

Uh huh, whatever. This is more preposterous than the story of the Australian man who attempted to patent the wheel.

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 11 January 2003, 06:13

No, its true. The Onion is America's finest news source.

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: TheGreatPoo on 14 January 2003, 01:09

I hope that is not true!  What's next, I have to pay the RIAA a royalty every time I sing one of THEIR songs in the shower???  Give me a break!  :mad:  

(not mad at you MacMan)

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 14 January 2003, 01:50

Four year old prank, check the date:
26 MARCH 1998

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: choasforages on 14 January 2003, 02:14

macman? are you going insane./*nothing wrong....*/ it may be funny to you, but try to post TRUE newarticles next time

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 14 January 2003, 03:03

I'm just looking forward to HP's new steam powered printer.

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: Calum on 15 January 2003, 14:55

haw! good one!

maybe IBM will counter this patent claim by patenting all machines. after all they have been making machines since their inception at the end of the nineteenth century!

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: raptor on 27 January 2003, 02:13

lol.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]

Title: Microsoft's Won
Post by: Stryker on 27 January 2003, 02:35

quote:

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Originally posted by raptor:
they cant paten ones and zeroes.

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the onion is a joke news place, nothing they post is serious. we know they can't patent it... that's the joke.

edit: nevermind, you edited it.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: Stryker ]