[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

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On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 at 09:28:17 UTC, monarch_dodra wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 at 09:20:49 UTC, Théo Bueno wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 at 09:08:24 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>> Of course, the whole lot of them! I only wonder who they're 
>>> trying to attack here? It must be some sort of strategy to 
>>> put someone they deem dangerous off his stride. Probably the 
>>> open source community and / or a competitor. I don't know the 
>>> laws in the US and don't know how serious this is. It 
>>> probably can't just be ignored. Is there some other big 
>>> company they're trying to get at with this? Maybe they're 
>>> preparing a counter strike.
>>
>> Yeah, IMO these patents can't be a coincidence.
>
> Big companies file patents. All of them do. That's just the way 
> it is. I wouldn't see anything more to it than that. It's not 
> some conspiracy or corporate war.
>
> That's the way the game is played. We just need to make sure we 
> don't become the losers here. It would help to have input from 
> Walter here though: It's his language, and, AFAIK, he also 
> happens to be savvy with this kind of stuff.

Their brand new type qualifier is the same as D's one. They even 
copied the name "immutable". Maybe it's part of a strategy, maybe 
not. In any case it's a "thief", I don't like this word because 
you can't steal an idea, but they took ownership of it.