[Fsf-friends] BlueJ threatened by Microsoft.

[പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen എ|A]

2007/1/28, Debarshi Ray <debarshi.ray at gmail.com>:
> The following link tells you about how it is being threatend by
> Microsoft through software patents.
>
> http://www.bluej.org/mrt/?p=21
>

Microsoft withdraws the application

"patent application was a mistake and one that should not have
happened. To fix this, Microsoft will be removing the patent
application in question. Our sincere apologies to Michael Kölling and
the BlueJ community." - Dan Fernandez's,  Lead Product Manager -
Visual Studio Express

http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2007/01/28/update-response-to-bluej-patent-issues.aspx

Great to see Microsoft doing the right thing.

Cheers
Praveen
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