BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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Re: So you cant sell products in the stores????
said by BosstonesOwn  :
said by vic102482 :
I should sue because my xbox controller doesnt work on sony? I dont get it.
This is the repercussions of what happens when every company goes after microsoft. Now every company thinks it has the right to sue over anti competitive practices.
This is asinine. This is real world business to bind with people who will give you the best chance to get rich. Why is it these dumb bastards do this.
If it is a router with a built in Vonage jack as long as it works for it's intended purpose it is a fully sell able unit. Since it will work without the VoIP section used.
To reiterate this is what happens in the USA when stupid claims are able to be brought to court. My god and I thought real vs MS was bad. This one is even stupider.
No doubt scary as it sounds.
If they would agree on a open source solution they could make even more money by not actually having to write the firmware at all.
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VirtualLarry
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join:2003-08-01
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said by BosstonesOwn :
This is the repercussions of what happens when every company goes after microsoft. Now every company thinks it has the right to sue over anti competitive practices.
Nintendo and Sega were both sued over anti-competitive practises before MS, I think.
What's sad is, that the gov't itself isn't the one initiating these suits in the first place, which they should be, rather leaving the onus upon the relatively un-monied consumer to pursue the legal action.
I guess the question is, is this "Vonage-only" VoIP jack in the back of the router, considered an anti-competitive lock-out, like the lock-out chip in the old 8-bit Nintendo console was? I sincerely hope it gets tried by a jury trial.
PS. My old SMC 7004VBR's new firmware, changed the support for dynamic DNS, from a couple of providers to only one provider, probably based on a business transaction between them and SMC.
Personally, I wouldn't mind some pro-competetive anti-exclusionary regulation over the VoIP market. You know things are going to get ugly and proprietary before they are going to get easy and interoperable by consumers, right? This is only the first wave. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to vic102482
said by vic102482 :
I should sue because my xbox controller doesnt work on sony? I dont get it.
This is the repercussions of what happens when every company goes after microsoft. Now every company thinks it has the right to sue over anti competitive practices.
This is asinine. This is real world business to bind with people who will give you the best chance to get rich. Why is it these dumb bastards do this.
If it is a router with a built in Vonage jack as long as it works for it's intended purpose it is a fully sell able unit. Since it will work without the VoIP section used.
To reiterate this is what happens in the USA when stupid claims are able to be brought to court. My god and I thought real vs MS was bad. This one is even stupider.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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