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Old 05-21-2009, 11:50 AM   #1
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LXer: Microsoft Patent: More Money for Less Functions


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With U.S. Patent 7,536,726, Microsoft has been granted a patent with which they hope to make a successful business model out of a potentially severely restricted operating system.

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Old 05-21-2009, 12:00 PM   #2
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Since 2005, Windows share on the desktop has dropped from around 96% to just over 90% with OSX then Linux the primary beneficiaries.

So we all should cheer Microsoft on with this wonderful patent of theirs. In another 5 years, perhaps as a result of this patent, Windows might be down to -oh, I don't know - 75% of the desktop market? Less?
 
  


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