Microsoft fined $500 million for patent infringement

**mart_man00** · 08-15-2003

Im not trying to bash MS, but why they hell would a win box be allowed any where near a plant like that.

I though these people were using mainframes, there ones older than all of us, as in ones with almost all bugs fixed before we were born.

Why the hell would windows get on these things?

Sure are gov buys some, but there workstations. Nothing important.

I wonder if they can describe there hardware. I got a chance to check out some old school IBMs once(the next town over from me has 2 plants, they had a program to get some people in).

**mart_man00** · 08-15-2003

Atleast there not running Apples:

Dear Apple,
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.

with much gayness,

Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.

--Slashdot.org, News for Nerds, Stuff that matters.

**confuted** · 08-15-2003

Martman, is that Apple thing you just posted real? *doubts it*

**mart_man00** · 08-15-2003

Martman, is that Apple thing you just posted real? *doubts it*

Its some ones comments, from slashdot.

I posted it as a joke, I think the guy wrote it as one too.

**JaWiB** · 08-15-2003

this is not entirely a Microsoft
problem, as it reeks of poor System Security Engineering
practiced by the Utility Companies, and associated equipment and
technology suppliers.

...Any decent firewall should be able to block this worm AFAIK, so this theory seems somewhat implausible (to me, at least).

**RoD** · 08-15-2003

I have ZA 4.0 and dont have this problem. I had alrdy disabled this $$$$ when i installed windows, i have been the whole year i have had xp. I thought it was common sense lol.

Anyway, BestBuy is charging 60.00 a hit to fix it, so i have been doing it all day at 20.00 a shot in the parking lot. I stood outside best buy and told people with pc's i would do it for 20.00, i made about 450.00 today.

**golfinguy4** · 08-15-2003

One must admit that many of linux's desktop ideas and much of their design has been highly influenced by windows.

**RoD** · 08-15-2003

Which was influenced by xerox

**vasanth** · 08-15-2003

Originally posted by RoD
I have ZA 4.0 and dont have this problem. I had alrdy disabled this $$$$ when i installed windows, i have been the whole year i have had xp. I thought it was common sense lol.

Anyway, BestBuy is charging 60.00 a hit to fix it, so i have been doing it all day at 20.00 a shot in the parking lot. I stood outside best buy and told people with pc's i would do it for 20.00, i made about 450.00 today.

do you mean 20$ to remove the worm and install a patch. Man thats atrocious...

i wish i was in the US fixin computers...

**confuted** · 08-15-2003

You made $450 in $20 increments, eh RoD? Hmmm....

Where did you get power to run computers in the parking lot?

**RoD** · 08-15-2003

not exact amount, i havent counted it its jus the number me and will are throwing around as a guesstimate. We didnt actually power them in the parking lot, we handed out printouts with our numbers and address with directions to our houses from the bust buy. We told everyone to start coming by after 5pm and stayed at best buy till about 3 till the cops got called on us. They told us to beat it and by that time we had alot of flyers passed out.

Took hold of a good opportunity.

**golfinguy4** · 08-16-2003

Originally posted by RoD
Which was influenced by xerox

Ya, the idea of windows. What about everything else dumbass?

As for your other stuff, *cough*BS*cough*

**Shogun** · 08-16-2003

Originally posted by spoon_
You all seem to forget where you would be without Microsoft's Windows & their other products.

The business world wouldn't be where it is now without Windows. Office workers would be less productive having to deal with the small idiosyncracies of Linux.

You probably wouldn't be playing half of the games you play now.

Windows is good $$$$, and you all know it. I've been runing Windows XP Pro for a year now. Never reformatted, never had one problem. You know why? Because I take care of my computer (updates, anti-virus, etc).

This part of your post is pure BS. What would I be with out MS and thier other products? Same place I would be now being a mac user.

THe business world could use macs instad...those work better then windowses anyway,so they would probably be more productiv not having to deal with thier compuers not working.

Lesser games? Nah I got planty of good games for mac which have never been near a windows so that's also BS.

I havn't reformated my mac running Mac OS 8.6 for about 5 years and it works perfect .And I've never reforamted the machin running redhat linux 6.2 (havn't gotten around to install a newer version)

:edited for spelling mistakes, and for leaving words out:

**mart_man00** · 08-16-2003

THe business world could use macs instad...those work better then windowses anyway,so they would probably be more productiv not having to deal with thier compuers not working.

No, no one likes them for a reason.

Lesser games? Nah I got planty of good games for mac which have never been near a windows so that's also BS.

MS practicly owns the PC market, bull $$$$.

I havn't reformated my mac running Mac OS 8.6 for about 5 years and it works perfect .

Funny what happens when you dont use it and Apple takes no risks.

And I've never reforamted the machin running redhat linux 6.2 (havn't gotten around to install a newer version)

I still have good old Zoot running on a box some where

One must admit that many of linux's desktop ideas and much of their design has been highly influenced by windows.

"Every car company makes a steering wheel but no one tries to say the steering wheel is their invention"

The one thing I have to give MS/Gates credit for is business. Besides from making a nice amount of profits they turn computers into a real business.

Others helped, but they did alot and have the name.

**Shogun** · 08-16-2003

Originally posted by mart_man00

Funny what happens when you dont use it and Apple takes no risks.

I still have good old Zoot running on a box some where

I just both those computers on a daily bases.