Comments on: Microsoft Offers Gentle Bribes to People Who Mention Vista 7 in Twitter

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:09:45 +0000

Yep, it led to a lawsuit from Sun because of how it “embraced and extended” Java, and MS ended up having to discontinue it. Support for the MSJVM ended December 31, 2007.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:23:10 +0000

Look like a very minor bribe, but I still don’t think that bribing people to follow you on Twitter is a good idea.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:21:54 +0000

Another Sun product that Microsoft tried 'stealing' is Java, using MS-Java (like MS-ODF, SMB, and MS-HTML).

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:57:15 +0000

Oh yeah. I’m just wondering where this is in their playbook. Wonder if there’s a Comes document on trademark-stealing.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:21:13 +0000

Here is Looking Glass in action (2006). Remember what Microsoft did to the "Palm" trademark and "Open Office" (twice even, first with OOo, then OOXML).

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:38 +0000

I wonder when Microsoft decided name-stealing and acronym-stealing was the way to go. XP … Rights Management System …