[lug] Microsoft charging fee for each digicam made

[Mr Viggy]

My impression was that the charge was not for storing the information, 
but for the format that the stored information is in.

So, if the camera mfgr changes their format to, say, ext2, Microsoft 
can't claim patent infringement.

Viggy

Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> I believe the article mentioned $0.25 per camera sold.  But since this
> charge
> mainly applies to storing the information on memory chips the license
> fee
> could get extended to any form of flash type memory.
> 
> Ferdinand
> 
> --On Friday, December 05, 2003 02:38:11 PM -0700 "Timothy C. Klein"
> <teece at silverklein.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>* Ferdinand Schmid (fschmid at archenergy.com) wrote:
>>
>>>So now Microsoft starts charging for every digital camera made...
>>>Maybe they
>>>will also start charging for every hard drive or floppy disk made?
>>
>>I hope they charge an arm and a leg, plus maybe a first-born child
>>thrown in for good measure.  We may suffer in the short term.  But we
>>need the problems of software patents brought to light.
>>
>>Nobody will care about them unless is starts costing them money.
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>PS -> Imagine the unmitigated gall to apply for a *patent* on that POS
>>that is known as FAT? And then the out-to-lunch patent examiner that
>>gave them the patent.  We need to nip this stuff in the bud -- or
>>America will cease to be a place with any software innovation at all.
>>--
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>>== Timothy Klein || teece at silverklein.net   ==
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