Comments on: The Microsoft Response To The Plurk Debacle – Sorry! http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-response-plurk-debacle/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:50:34 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Next Web Podcast: Episode 3 – Conspiracy Theories http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-response-plurk-debacle/#comment-465611 The Next Web Podcast: Episode 3 – Conspiracy Theories Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:06:40 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=35638#comment-465611 [...] Of FarmVille Australian Internet Censorship Given the Go Ahead – But What’s the Alternative? The Microsoft Response To The Plurk Debacle – Sorry! Is There No Google Phone? Also, read the scary quote about Google and don’t send Ralf any [...] [...] Of FarmVille Australian Internet Censorship Given the Go Ahead – But What’s the Alternative? The Microsoft Response To The Plurk Debacle – Sorry! Is There No Google Phone? Also, read the scary quote about Google and don’t send Ralf any [...]

]]> By: Dossy Shiobara http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-response-plurk-debacle/#comment-465610 Dossy Shiobara Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:19:22 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=35638#comment-465610 Some people at MSN China should get whacked, too -- did none of them see Juku and recognize it as a clone of Plurk and wonder "gee, did our vendor just steal their code ..." and do some due-diligence? This basically says that management at MSN China is so out of touch with current trends that they didn't recognize Juku as Plurk. Because, the only other explanation is that they DID recognize it and green-lighted it anyway, which is blatant IP violation by Microsoft. Some people at MSN China should get whacked, too — did none of them see Juku and recognize it as a clone of Plurk and wonder “gee, did our vendor just steal their code …” and do some due-diligence?

This basically says that management at MSN China is so out of touch with current trends that they didn’t recognize Juku as Plurk. Because, the only other explanation is that they DID recognize it and green-lighted it anyway, which is blatant IP violation by Microsoft.

]]> By: Andrew Murdoch http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-response-plurk-debacle/#comment-465609 Andrew Murdoch Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:45:44 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=35638#comment-465609 This kind of thing is common place in china, Copyrights are often not enforced and many large companies are ripped off with fake electronic, medication and all kinds of other patented and copyrighted material so it doesn't surprise me that that trend has found its way into software. This kind of thing is common place in china, Copyrights are often not enforced and many large companies are ripped off with fake electronic, medication and all kinds of other patented and copyrighted material so it doesn’t surprise me that that trend has found its way into software.

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