05-07-2004, 08:00 AM
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Swami
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Microsoft Own Apple Patent
This BBC story is just delicious: "Software giant Microsoft has won apple patent rights - not those of its arch-rival Apple computer - but a special variety of fruit tree. Microsoft's apparent new horticultural interest came after the US Patent Office mistakenly granted it the rights to the "Burchinal Red Delicious" apple. US Plant Patent 14,757 was supposed to be granted to Robert Burchinal of East Wenatchee, Washington, instead. Paperwork was misfiled with a group of applications from a legal firm. The tree is notable for producing fruit that achieves a deep red colour - remarkably similar, one would imagine, to the blushes on the faces of the lawyers responsible." :rotfl:
The tree's fruit is
called " Adams Apple".
"If the patent application really had been from Microsoft it would have taken its battle with rival software giant Apple to a whole new level. Intellectual property rights have been at the forefront of Microsoft's drive to protect itself and boost cash flow. However, its brief foray into the gardening world is likely to be a one-off as the company has no known strategy to branch out into fruits, plants or shrubs. "
That's hilarious. Apart from when you start to wonder what else the lawyers have messed up. 8O Still, we could always find that Apple turn out to have the patent rights to Activesync. Stranger things have apparently happened. :helpme: It's always good to see blossoming and fruitful relationships between tech companies. :devilboy:
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05-07-2004, 08:05 AM
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Ouch.... if this was intentional, I think we would have probably seen the biggest war since the Cold War! (sarcasm!) :rotfl:
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05-07-2004, 11:00 AM
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Microsoft Apple 2004 :takethat:
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05-07-2004, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Kacey Green
Microsoft Apple 2004 :takethat:
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No, no.. you've got it all wrong.. Microsoft Apple .NET 2004 
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05-07-2004, 03:58 PM
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Swami
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Well, we've got to the core of the issue anyway. :wink:
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05-07-2004, 04:10 PM
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Funny how a story like this has such great a-peel! :wink:
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05-07-2004, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Cedrone
Funny how a story like this has such great a-peel! :wink:
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You're not kidding! I can see the headline now: Microsoft Pips Apple.
They should throw a big party to celebrate. A Gala, as it were. :mrgreen:
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05-07-2004, 04:17 PM
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Swami
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Originally Posted by Steven Cedrone
Funny how a story like this has such great a-peel! :wink:
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It's funny however you slice it.
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05-07-2004, 08:02 PM
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Would Microsoft's Apple abandon solid state memory in favor of those little ferrite donuts for its core memory?
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05-07-2004, 08:15 PM
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Gee, we're all such geeks. :roll:
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