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A small Beijing software firm is taking Microsoft to court, alleging that it hasn't been keeping its end of a bargain to license technology for converting the Roman alphabet into Chinese characters. Zhongyi Electronic says Microsoft last paid licensing fees for its patented "Zhengma" product ten years ago, after it included it …

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  1. Eduard Coli
    Paris Hilton

    Nothing ever changes

    It had been said that if you shake hands with Microsoft count your fingers afterward.

    Funny that M$ expends so much energy kissing bum in China that they should be a victim of Chinese bureaucracy.

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  2. Robert Armstrong
    Gates Horns

    All your font belong to us

    There will be a fair trial and then they'll be hung.

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  3. Charles Hammond

    China Executes Law Breakers

    Maybe China will execute Bill Gates!

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  4. Jack Ungerleider
    Dead Vulture

    Sales? What Sales?

    Microsoft's defense will be that it hasn't "sold" a copy of Windows in China since Windows 95

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  5. I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects

    Hung? W ong.

    First they try you then they shoot you then they charge your mam for the bullet used.

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  6. Kwac

    Isn't it amazing

    how so little changes over a decade or so?

    http://www.msversus.org/archive/stac.html

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  7. David Gagnon
    Linux

    Ironic?

    I'd rather say Hilarious!!

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  8. James Pickett
    Happy

    Irony

    Calling Kettle - Pot on line 1...

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  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    pot and kettle?

    It's not clear that the suing company has any history of infringing licenses, so I fail to see the comparison.

    Of course if you're talking about the actions of the country reflecting on the company, can Microsoft please do something about Gitmo?

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