Thursday, August 29, 2013

Google patents 'Scroogling' — or at least that's what Microsoft would call it - GeekWire

Patently planning ahead
"Microsoft likes to use another word for this, criticizing the practice as part of its “Scroogled” campaign.
Google doesn’t address that criticism or use that word in the patent filing, but the company does take its own subtle jabs at Microsoft in the diagrams accompanying the patent — including one (below) implying that Microsoft Access database file pose a security risk, and another that suggests alternatives to Access next to a product search for the software."
Google patents 'Scroogling' — or at least that's what Microsoft would call it - GeekWire

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