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To: TobagoJack who wrote (39492)9/3/2008 12:14:12 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) of 219788
 
Tech can be flipped any time. Bye bye Microsoft
Chrome carries shades of an OS in a browser's clothing and Google's latest encroachment on Redmond's turf must have a few Microsoft execs sweating.

We have had a telephone conversation in 2002 when I was in Bangkok. Former participant of this thread (RIP) here was in the false belief that he could leave off patents for the next 100 years.

Consensus, between us, was that tech can be flipped and today´s technology can be replaced by new/better/modified technology and your patents would lose value in a matter of couple of years.

6 years hence, the writing is on the wall for MSFT.

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
news.zdnet.com

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