● 10.25.07

●● Banned Microsoft Commercial Shows the Effect of Patent Armageddon (Updated)

Posted in Boycott Novell, FUD, Microsoft, Patents, Videos at 4:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

…Not exactly a patent Armageddon, but what makes this violent advertising an excellent example is the fact that, unlike cold wars, no real weapons are involved (only junk patents).

It can hopefully be understood how this relates to a patent maze that involved many parties such as OIN (IBM, Oracle, Google, etc.), incognito patent trolls, Novell, and Microsoft.

This commercial led to a big storm in the media when children at a school mimicked it (used it as an example). This could end up deadly because any fake game can be seen as real from afar.

Update (26/11/2007): the video above has been removed. Here is a link that works with an embedment (streaming Flash) below.

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