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Story: Microsoft to publish APIs and list patents

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Well...

Whoop de do. Mind you, this publication (is there a fee to view?) of all of this is first of all surprising. After all, when the EC asked for documentation there wasn't any (or any useful). Ah well, perhaps it's about as useful as the pap they first served up to the EC.

One other thought, maybe with all these patents etc being put on public view a bunch of them could:
a) Be open to being invalidated (Fun times!)
b) Be checked against the Linux stuff so the FUD around the "Linux infringes" thing could be put out of its misery
c) Embarrass or showcase Microsoft's design/coding skills.

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