A different take on the Mircosoft, Apple Patent issue
updated 03:45 pm EDT, Fri August 12, 2005
Microsoft, Apple Patent
A patent filed by Microsoft's John Platt, an expert in machine learning, which "relates generally to systems and methodologies that facilitate generation of playlists," has been the cause of much speculation this week because Apple's patent for a rotational user input was . "In truth, the patents in question might not even be directly related."



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Joined: Jun 2005
could it be proven
Could it be proven and actually enforced that Microsoft may be abusing the use of patents to try to s**** it's competitors either now and in the possible future... ie.. iPod, and think 3 years ago.
who knows...