Microsoft Says They Were Spied Upon
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When I first read an article by Todd Bishop which stated that a former employee may have spied on Microsoft for a start up, I had to laugh. Microsoft has lost more lawsuits for stealing from other companies than I have fingers and toes over the years. But when corporate spying happens to them, they cry foul. In a time where more of us are becoming totally dismayed by the likes of corporate greed and down right plain old theft by CEO’s, it is hard to stomach this type of corporate crap that seems to have permeated the entire business world.
In Todds’ article he states that:
The company makes the allegations in a lawsuit filed in King Couny Superior Court in Seattle. It says the former employee, Ancora Technologies Inc. founder Miki Mullor, wrote in his October 2005 Microsoft employment application that Ancora was out of business. The suit alleges that Mullor didn’t disclose when hired that he believed one of Microsoft’s anti-piracy technologies, known System Locked Preinstallation (SLP), infringed on an Ancora patent.
Last June, Ancora filed suit against Dell, HP and Toshiba, alleging that their use of SLP violated its patent. Ancora’s site describes the case and asserts, in no uncertain terms, that SLP is its technology.
So what we have is a small company trying to prove that the big companies stole their technology, and resorted to the same practices that the big companies use. 
What do you think?
Comments welcome.
5 Comments
Aaron Tanner
January 31st, 2009
at 6:59pm
personally,
While I don’t agree with the way its happened.
I cant help but think “good bloody job”
Ken McAvoy
January 31st, 2009
at 7:05pm
They all deserve the full weight of the law if found guilty. Like you I despise the present ethics of corporations big or small - they run purely on ego and greed for the individual. No-one is saying a business should not be profitable but their behaviour over the past 10 years is a disgrace and anything but world class leadership. It sends a dreadful message to those in the system trying to be honest , ethical , open and fair.
Ken
IT Director
Melbourne.
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January 31st, 2009
at 7:18pm
we all knew microsft steals stuff
microsoft steals ideas from all companies, and never pays any sorts of royalties, because that way, they can just go sue that company for copyright infringment
theyl steal and idea, implement it, and then sue the stealee for copyright infrignemtn
this is super well known
and then ms will sue for no reason, because they have infinite $ because of monopoly and the wins from lawsuits because they stole other peoples technology
John Quinlan
February 2nd, 2009
at 8:14am
Microsoft is like a playground bully, but all bullies are cowards and sooner or later get their comeuppance.
It could be that Microsoft has done it to themselves with Vista, Windows 7 and Office 2007.
Ron Schenone
February 2nd, 2009
at 9:23am
Thanks for all of the comments.