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"""They didn't pay what they agreed upon, then reverse-engineered Spyglass, changed the ordering on a few things and trotted it out as a M$ original."""

Here is what MS says about IE, where does it say it is a MS original?

"""Based on NCSA Mosaic. NCSA Mosaic(TM); was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Distributed under a licensing agreement with Spyglass, Inc.
Contains security software licensed from RSA Data Security Inc.
Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
Multimedia software components, including Indeo(R); video, Indeo(R) audio, and Web Design Effects are provided by Intel Corp.
Unix version contains software licensed from Mainsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Mainsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Mainsoft is a trademark of Mainsoft Corporation.
Warning: This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law."""

Don't see in there where MS is saying that they designed or wrote or anything else the program.

As to MS not paying what they agreed to, you might have a valid point there. I will admit I don't remember how the suit ended up.
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bad...  ryusen | 01/14/04
Patents, copyrights take time  markgros@... | 01/14/04
1994  voska | 01/15/04
1994  d_jedi | 01/15/04
changed?  doh123 | 01/15/04
forced to get it ?  dodonfred | 01/16/04
assuming yo're right,  ryusen | 01/15/04
I agree  JWatson77 | 01/15/04
2 Years From When?  Digger_z | 01/15/04
Two years from the notice  AbsolutelyNot | 01/15/04
But I thought MS had a great respect for IP;-)  Richard Flude | 01/14/04
level playing field?  stephen732@... | 01/14/04
Um... puma?  rbethell | 01/15/04
Um... rbethell...  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Umm...John Le'Brecage...  billywill | 01/15/04
um... billywill  stephen732@... | 01/15/04
um... puma  billywill | 01/15/04
Uhmm, possible solution  Update victim | 01/15/04
Better Solution  middle of nowhere | 01/15/04
uhh..  d_jedi | 01/15/04
(NT) No, they are enforcing a government granted monopoly.  Update victim | 01/15/04
Not true  billywill | 01/15/04
what fair trade laws?  ryusen | 01/15/04
Antitrust? Are you daft?  WizWom_z | 01/15/04
(NT) Only that which they have assimilated.  Update victim | 01/15/04
open source  ryusen | 01/15/04
Total miscarriage of justice..  Mike Cox | 01/14/04
I agree!  GraysonPeddie | 01/14/04
Um, Grayson....  BitTwiddler | 01/15/04
SHssssss!  Nullifidian | 01/15/04
Even Microsoft is hinting that the patent was valid  AbsolutelyNot | 01/15/04
not necessarily  ryusen | 01/15/04
Mike Cox (a.k.a Iraqi Baghdad Bob?)  wploger | 01/15/04
No, No..Mike Cox IS Grayson  shawkins | 01/16/04
RE: Total miscarriage of justice  arpnet | 01/15/04
MS, stop whining.  NoB$ | 01/14/04
MS and Spyglass  richhayes | 01/15/04
maybe the patent office needs to be fined?  JWatson77 | 01/15/04
Minimal payments, reverse engineering  AbsolutelyNot | 01/15/04
spyglass  richhayes | 01/15/04
how?  ryusen | 01/15/04
Spyglass  richhayes | 01/15/04
Spyglass/Microsoft Settlement  Pebkac Charlie | 01/15/04
morality  ryusen | 01/15/04
question  JoeMama_z | 01/15/04
exactly  ryusen | 01/15/04
IP  lotta_anger | 01/15/04
Patents protect only major corps?  vferrara | 01/15/04
From what I understand ...  coffeenite | 01/15/04
Now that's a statement I can agree with  vferrara | 01/15/04
Apologies for my spelling  vferrara | 01/15/04
Lawyers fight to keep the money making problems  voska | 01/15/04
US IP is from the horse-and-buggy era  Frank MacCrory | 01/15/04
OLE2 should count as prior art  rbethell | 01/15/04
Message has been deleted.  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Message has been deleted.  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Two deletes?  AbsolutelyNot | 01/15/04
I giggle Diva, Sir  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
I asked  JWatson77 | 01/15/04
Meanwhile, Eolas negotiates with the OSS/Linux community.  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Well, Actually John  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
Well, Actually Don  George Mitchell | 01/15/04
Well, Actually George  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
One of us doesn't understand the Ebolas patent  George Mitchell | 01/15/04
one question.  ryusen | 01/15/04
Patent GPL?  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
You underestimate the laziness of the capitalist, and the developer, Don...  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Bug report: Software patents broken, fix pls  Nigel Johnstone | 01/15/04
That cuts both ways, and I like it.  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Spec vs. Implementation  WizWom_z | 01/15/04
You're correct!  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
True, but...  John L. Ries | 01/15/04
Nigel, I like it.  Update victim | 01/15/04
Actually, you DONT have to provide a working model  wolf_z | 01/15/04
S'truth, sir.(wtih modification)  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
ummm to all  ickusslime@... | 01/15/04
Brilliant!  KTLA | 01/15/04
Judge Ruling  alicia@... | 01/15/04
Because Alicia...  John Le'Brecage | 01/15/04
Guess the prior art was convincing enough  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Prior art priority  SublimeDaze | 01/15/04
Woops on the prior post  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Now, could MS settle with Eolas and still  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Microsoft Stuff probably ''is''prior art  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/15/04
This is stoopid  chromedome | 01/16/04
Kalahari  d.jarrell@... | 01/16/04
Well IBM is the largest patent holder, so  FilledOut | 01/17/04

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