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IT InfrastructureThe Microsoft iPod? Give Me a BreakThe Microsoft iPod? Give Me a Break
Microsoft's claim that it <a href="http://www.DesktopPipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=168601539">invented the iPod</a> would be really funny if it weren't so sad. In fact, it is exactly what is wrong with issuing patents for high-tech ideas: Microsoft, a company that did absolutely zero to put an iPod in your pocket, is getting set to try to grab the profits from the company that actually made the effort, Apple.
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