Microsoft Fined $1.5 Billion over MP3 Patent

mullered07 · Feb 23, 2007

Benpi said:
You're happy about this? You need to look at the big picture. MS is not going to pay the $1.5b --- We are. Expect more DRM and overpriced software in the future. Thanks a lot Altec Assh0les!

exactly :shadedshu

Pinchy · Feb 23, 2007

Like Vista isnt overpriced as is...

mullered07 · Feb 23, 2007

Pinchy said:
Like Vista isnt overpriced as is...

£65 for oem home premium is a damn good deal if you ask me

Ketxxx · Feb 23, 2007

I'm probably the biggest MS hater, but even I think thats a bit cuntish.

Pinchy · Feb 23, 2007

mullered07 said:
£65 for oem home premium is a damn good deal if you ask me

Its more than that over here

Eric3988 · Feb 23, 2007

That's gotta clamp...

Scavar · Feb 23, 2007

Ex raven that is sweet....well I mean that sucks for the US tresurary, but yeah its sweet.

Still though, it is hard that they should even begin to sue over that, MS suits rarely go well for the people suing MS though. Except for Class Action suits, ive seen MS give into a few of those.

newtekie1 · Feb 23, 2007

Pinchy said:
Like Vista isnt overpriced as is...

It is the same price as XP, so no complaints here.

Jimmy 2004 · Feb 23, 2007

newtekie1 said:
It is the same price as XP, so no complaints here.

In all fairness, M$ is just about the only company I know that isn't charging way more for an updated piece of software - most companies try to suck even more money out of you by charging more for new software you don't need. Anyway, £65 (perhaps a little higher) is quite a fair price when you consider what Windows actually does... people will happily pay £25 for a game that is going to crash more than Windows and last about 12 months before being replaced, when you can get at least three years out of Windows which does much more than any game.

Carcenomy · Feb 24, 2007

Very true - it's quite amusing how a friend of mine has bought every Battlefield game that's ever been released refuses to buy Windows because 'it's too expensive'. Like that copy of Battlefield 2142 (that he didn't play anyway because he like Battlefield 2 better) at $100NZ, a copy of XP Pro Upgrade was only $200. It's too late for him now anyway - XP is no longer stocked at stores here, it's all Vista.

niko084 · Feb 24, 2007

Wile E said:
mp3 isn't open source. It's a patented technology. You have to pay licensing fees to use it. That's the reason the ability to play them isn't included in most Linux distros.

That just happened recently that it was patented, and by a company who did not in fact write it, they just have a lot of power and money.

Pinchy · Feb 24, 2007

Jimmy 2004 said:
In all fairness, M$ is just about the only company I know that isn't charging way more for an updated piece of software - most companies try to suck even more money out of you by charging more for new software you don't need. Anyway, £65 (perhaps a little higher) is quite a fair price when you consider what Windows actually does... people will happily pay £25 for a game that is going to crash more than Windows and last about 12 months before being replaced, when you can get at least three years out of Windows which does much more than any game.

Are you guys talking about an upgrade kit for £65 or the whole OS?

EDIT - :roll:

I was looking at Home Premium PACK OF 3, and thats why it was $505

Holy crap, the single pack is only $197, that is pretty damn sweet

Scavar · Feb 24, 2007

Yeah Vista isn't overpriced in the least, at least not Home Premium, even Ultimate isn't so bad.

And I just today tested my parents copy on my computer. Completely different computer, and it installs. It even registered. So its on my computer, and my parents, and its an OEM...and both registered. So I don't know what jargon was all about it not installing more then once if the parts are different. I did have to call, but it was simple.

Asked me some questions, and then he changed the key to be not OEM I guess. I don't know what he did, but it works fine. I even reinstalled on my parents computer, just because I could.

Pinchy · Feb 25, 2007

Isnt it illegal to install the same copy of an OS on different computers

?

ex_reven · Feb 25, 2007

yep
unless the other computer is a laptop

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