Microsoft files suit to defend Visual Studio users

Chaks on 18 November 2008 - 08:27 · 10 comments & 4450 views

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Microsoft filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week, asking a judge to invalidate several patents that are the subject of infringement suits filed by WebXchange against three large companies over their use of Microsoft's Visual Studio development tools. The software vendor seeks to invalidate patents used to sue Allstate, Dell and FedEx.

Microsoft said in its lawsuit against WebXchange that the claims against Allstate Insurance Corp., Dell and FedEx relate to their use of Visual Studio. Microsoft added that by asking the court in San Francisco to declare WebXchange's patents invalid, it hopes to defend the three sued customers and spare other Visual Studio users from similar legal actions.

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(4 replies) #1 cyberdrone2000 on 18 Nov 2008 - 10:12

Hey, WebXchange... 1997 called. They want their website back.

#1.1 SniperX on 18 Nov 2008 - 10:32

cyberdrone2000 said,

Hey, WebXchange... 1997 called. They want their website back.

lol I figured it couldn't be that bad, but no, it really is that bad! Check out those menus!

#1.2 GreyWolfSC on 18 Nov 2008 - 15:32

SniperX said,

lol I figured it couldn't be that bad, but no, it really is that bad! Check out those menus!

All of it is bad. They obviously can't even describe what is supposedly their own technology. n-space data flow? Tracks and rails?

#1.3 +TCLN Ryster on 18 Nov 2008 - 16:40

..the new wave of the Internet.

LOL!

#1.4 macster on 19 Nov 2008 - 12:54

Wow ancient

#2 Soldiers33 on 18 Nov 2008 - 16:39

if i saw that website, by mistake, i woudl think its some sort of scam.

#3 duneworld on 18 Nov 2008 - 16:47

It doesnt look that legit does it.

(1 reply) #4 roadwarrior on 18 Nov 2008 - 16:48

There's something to be said for simple, easy to navigate web sites though. Even with a decent system and a 6.6Mbps internet connection, some web sites can be painful to visit because they try to cram too much into their main page. Too much animation (which generally serves no purpose other than eye-candy) is annoying.

#4.1 JoeC on 19 Nov 2008 - 00:32

Sure, if they look nice. If they look damn ugly, it's really not much help for them :/

#5 Stormeh on 24 Nov 2008 - 06:17

I find it amusing that they are suing the end user of VS, rather than Microsoft.

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