01-28-2007, 09:41 AM
Quote:This is my attempt at catchy headline writing. But the truth isnt far off. It really should have said: Microsoft applies for patent for core BlueJ functionality.
And thats really true. After blatantly copying BlueJ (without reference or attribution), Microsoft have now filed for patent for the functionality they knowingly copied from us.
Why? To sue us out of the market? To make us pay? Who knows. Sad fact is that this could destroy BlueJ...
Quote:Lets get that clear: four months after [Microsoft] management were clearly aware of our prior work (and with developers being aware from the start), Microsoft knowingly filed a patent application claiming original invention of this mechanism...
full article: http://www.bluej.org/mrt/?p=21