Replies to post #22218 on Voip Pal Com Inc (VPLM)

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...and,

I want to remind those that need it.... having patents does not equate to value or usefulness. And MS failed patent application does not, contrary to the opinion of a number of folks here, go any length whatsoever to prove any value. If it did, the fact remains that they would have, after losing there patent bid to vplm, acted to obtain the LI or the entire suite. It simply is too big a risk, for MS, to play some cat & mouse game of chicken & lose it in the process to someone else (unless there is some secret, behind the scenes, negotiations which include some kind of promises or agreements between MS & vplm, which if so, is that fair & legal?).