now this is some serious fucking news
 

That doesn't say anything useful...

In other words Microsoft and IBM own lots of patents -- big deal... These big corporations trade parents like trading cards all day long.

wtf :glugglug

Trade their parents? Heartless, cold bastards! :winkwink:

they're not in porn biz though,

unless IBM is going to start making vibrators from refurbished motherboards and Microsoft will make an interface for them :)

"On the Web and elsewhere on the Internet (for example, bulletin board services), the GIF has become a de facto standard form of image. The LZW compression algorithm used in the GIF format is owned by Unisys, and companies that make products that exploit the algorithm (including the GIF format) need to license its use from Unisys. In practice, Unisys has not required users of GIF images to obtain a license, although their licensing statement indicates that it is a requirement. Unisys says that getting a license from them does not necessarily involve a fee."
-http://whatis.techtarget.com

just thought i'd throw that bit o trivia in the mix.

thats why they developed the far superior PNG format.

"thats why they developed the far superior PNG format."

and therein lies the solution to the dilemma of greedmongering patent-holders: knock-off software and hardware clones.

build it and they will copy you.

But, it'd take 5 minutes to start the damn thing. And it would constantly crash, or freeze during penetration. Microsoft should definetley stay away from this one :1orglaugh

but with Microsoft being the freedy fuckers they are im very very sure they will find a way to tax us all from the internet...