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To: ConservativeInPA
Why didn’t Sun Microsystems get sued for plagiarizing C++? Why didn’t Bell Labs get sued for plagiarizing C?

And let's not forget Apple and Xerox PARC...
10 posted on 03/16/2023 7:50:02 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: BikerJoe

Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes

https://www.theonion.com/microsoft-patents-ones-zeroes-1819564663


13 posted on 03/16/2023 7:50:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BikerJoe
Christ, bring PARC into the equation lol 😂 Look at all the stuff they invented and put on the shelf because Xerox marketing people had no idea what to do with it; only subsequently to reappear as impactful products sold by other companies.

I once had one of these under my desk:


16 posted on 03/16/2023 8:01:22 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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