How the man in a van outsmarted Microsoft


	How the man in a van outsmarted Microsoft

tabsey

4-20-2009 3:05 AM

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tabsey says:

An "ideas man". Too much to clip. Report at source and worth a read if you like this sort of thing.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/db2adf92-24f7-4826-9622-f52f3155132e/1449ED0D-76BB-4180-A9F3-FE77B072122A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/how-the-man-in-a-van-outsmarted-microsoft/2009/04/19/1240079538770.html?page=fullpage" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/how-the-man-in-a-van-outsmarted-microsoft/2009/04/19/1240079538770.html?page=fullpage" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/how-the-man-in-a-van-outsmarted-microsoft/2009/04/19/1240079538770.html?page=fullpage"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smh.com.au/img/95728678-CC8F-46D4-B62E-4BB4C5392161" alt="Ric Richardson … money not that important." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/how-the-man-in-a-van-outsmarted-microsoft/2009/04/19/1240079538770.html?page=fullpage">Ric Richardson … money not that important</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/how-the-man-in-a-van-outsmarted-microsoft/2009/04/19/1240079538770.html?page=fullpage"><P>He has been called a "born creative thinker" and "a man of
extraordinarily high principle". Others consider his inventions
frivolous and derivative. Not that Frederick Bailier Richardson III
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dirt-biker stands to reap the lion's share of a $US388 million
($537 million) damages award from Microsoft, after a US jury found
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year 12 at Hunters Hills High, is the founder of Uniloc, which sued
Microsoft in 2003 for violating its patent relating to anti-piracy
technology. "I would love to tell you how much money I'll get," he
told the <I>Herald</I>, "but frankly I don't know. I don't get into
the operational side of the business. To me, the money is important
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