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11 March 2008 - 7:37am — Christopher Wright
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BOSS: You are telling me that without Viktor my company has ceased to function?

ALICE: We've grown so reliant on filing lawsuits to drive business that we don't know what else to do when we're not filing lawsuits to drive business.

BOSS: Program something! Market it!

ALICE: Without Legal to guide through the wasteland of technology patents we could find ourselves programming something that uses a competitor's patent. If we don't phrase the EULA correctly, we might be held liable for anything the program does wrong.

BOSS: We are a computer company!

ALICE: We're more like a licensing company that does programming on the side.

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Comments

After the last 2 major M$ products I have seen...

11 March 2008 - 3:34pm — Opus (not verified)

Those being FSX and Windows Vista, I think Chris's evaluation of M$ (excuse me UberSoft) is right on the money. neither product had anything really new, except a restrictive and demoralizing licence agreement (I didn't see anything regarding first born male children, but then I wasn't looking for it)

Opus

It's not entirely their "fault"...

11 March 2008 - 3:36pm — Christopher Wright

... since that's what most of the industry is these days.

Texas Instruments started it, actually. We should blame TI.

Ooo that aught to smart!

11 March 2008 - 7:10pm — Jim (not verified)

"We're more like a licensing company that does programming on the side."

I've worked with two companies that had to work closely with the Uber Alles. I think you've pegged the situation pretty accurately.