Mxsmanic mxsmanic gmail.com wrote:

John Doe writes:

Many computers are handed down.

A handed-down computer still contains the operating system
originally installed upon it,

Many people upgrade the hardware and then update the operating
system. You act stupid.

snipped an opinion based on the incorrect premise


You are out of touch.


Crooks always feel justified.

The United States appeals court wrote:
"Microsoft's primary copyright argument borders upon the frivolous.
The company claims an absolute and unfettered right to use its
intellectual property as it wishes: "If intellectual property rights
have been lawfully acquired," it says, then "their subsequent
exercise cannot give rise to antitrust liability." That is no more
correct than the proposition that use of one's personal property,
such as a baseball bat, cannot give rise to tort liability."


But not everyone is a crook.

Microsoft is.






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