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● 01.19.09

●● Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg: “Cut Those F*ckers Off”

Posted in Antitrust, Courtroom, Intellectual Monopoly, Microsoft, Quote at 10:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

“Microsoft retaliated against industry participants that supported DR-DOS. For example, when Z-Nix Inc. bundled DR-DOS 6.0 and Microsoft Windows 3.1, proclaiming no incompatibilities, Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg wrote: “look what znix is doing! cut those fuckers off.” Within three weeks, Microsoft demanded an audit of Z-Nix’s entire business and then commenced a copyright and trademark infringement action. Z-Nix was forced to file for bankruptcy in or around 1995″

–Comes Petition [PDF]

This is worth bearing in mind in light of the following recent exhibits which refer to GNU/Linux:

Microsoft Studies How to Use Intellectual Property Against GNU/LinuxWhat Was Microsoft’s “Big Bet” Post Novell-SCO (2002)?

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