Visual Shudder….

By Stu on November 17th, 2008

So I was reading CNET, which I normally regret doing, and came across an article about Microsoft suing WebXchange. Apparently WebXchange has sued several Visual Studio users (Dell, FedEx, AllState) for violating patents that WebXchange claims. The end-users have sought for Microsoft to indemnify them if WebXchange wins the law suit. You know, pay for the loose.

Microsoft‘s suit claims WebXchange patents are invalid and/or can not be enforce.

I am not sure how you can sue a user of a software that they bought in and did not develop, but apparently you can. I wonder how many Visual Studio users just shuddered at the potential law suit over the software they developed.

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