here is a paragraph from the microsoft 2004 annual report

[Leo Mauler]

--- Zscoundrel <Zscoundrel at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> The part I love is when they say  "converting
> original ideas into 
> software products".  They do not really do that. 
> They buy (or steal) 
> software from other firms and then coerce them into
> signing contracts 
> with non-disclosure clauses so they can CLAIM it is
> their own work. . .
> 
> Sheesh!

Well, they're not all that wrong.

"converting [other people's] original ideas into [our]
software products."

After all, the paragraph doesn't specify WHO is having
the "original ideas"!  :)


 
> David Nicol wrote:

http://www.davidnicol.com/October2004/microsoft_challenged.htm
  



		
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