Thrown in jail for restoring software and recycling parts

[Statalyzer]

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-microsoft-copyright-20180426-story.html

Utter ********. His restores only worked for people who already had a valid license they had paid MS for. He didn't infringe on anything. Claiming otherwise is like claiming your mechanic violates the right of your manufacturer to sell you a new car.

 

[Seattle Husker]

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-microsoft-copyright-20180426-story.html

Utter ********. His restores only worked for people who already had a valid license they had paid MS for. He didn't infringe on anything. Claiming otherwise is like claiming your mechanic violates the right of your manufacturer to sell you a new car.

Sounds like Big Company squashes innovation.

 

[Dionysus]

Sounds like Big Company squashes innovation.

Pfft. Like Microsoft would ever do that.

I remember in the ’90s when Microsoft was the big dog, buying up smaller companies that had a good idea/product in a market area where MS was working, and then just shut the company down. See a potential competitor emerging? Buy ’em and close ’em. Problem solved.

 

[Seattle Husker]

Pfft. Like Microsoft would ever do that.

I remember in the ’90s when Microsoft was the big dog, buying up smaller companies that had a good idea/product in a market area where MS was working, and then just shut the company down. See a potential competitor emerging? Buy ’em and close ’em. Problem solved.

All the big tech companies do that. I was acquired into Microsoft in '00. They acquired the company as much for it's employees as the product though they still sell the product today. The retention bonuses were lucrative, especially for someone like me who was new in their career.