Monday, September 22, 2003

Ozzie may fight Microsoft decision

The Detroit News reports that Ray Ozzie, the software designer who wrote the Lotus Notes program, <A HREF="http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0309/20/technology-276068.htm">may try to derail a $521 million verdict</A> against Microsoft to help save the company from having to make changes to its Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft last month was found to have violated a patent held by Eolas Technologies and the University of California. Lotus Notes used similar technology before Eolas applied for its patent, and that may clear Microsoft, Ozzie wrote on his Web site.

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