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by ur-whale 1572 days ago
> Microsoft ASF/WMA also has a similar limitation,

Doesn't mean it would in court.
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nikanj 1572 days ago
If you've got the resources to mount a credible legal defence against Microsoft
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throwaway81523 1572 days ago
Microsoft ironically made its fortune by selling software that ran on IBM PC compatible x86 boxes, built around PC BIOS's that started from a clean room reimplementation of the reverse engineered IBM BIOS. IBM itself was not very significant in that market except at the very beginning. Clones for me, but not for thee.
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grrrrlpower 1572 days ago
I look back now at how weird it was going to the store looking for the IBM compatible computers amongst the Amiga, Apple's, Commodores and such.
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