http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/tags/Lunch+Topics/default.aspxTags: Lunch Topicsen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/19/the-story-of-being-beos.aspxThu, 19 Jul 2007 23:28:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3962333jvast2http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/comments/3962333.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3962333http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3962333Way back in 1991 a small company created a new Operating System called BeOS. The timeline is similar to Linux and almost as interesting, but it's a story wrought of high hopes and failure. (Ok, not ultimate failure as it has been newly resurrected as...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/19/the-story-of-being-beos.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3962333" width="1" height="1">Lunch TopicsOpen SourceCommunityOperating SystemsBeOShttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2006/10/25/changing-ip-trends.aspxWed, 25 Oct 2006 18:33:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:873075jvast0http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/comments/873075.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/commentrss.aspx?PostID=873075http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=873075So recent news has IBM suing Amazon over certain patent infringements. How does this bode for the industry overall? Not very well. If many haven't noticed, IBM has been collecting a war chest of patents in the last 10 years. How as this strategy been...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2006/10/25/changing-ip-trends.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=873075" width="1" height="1">Lunch Topics