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A little over a month ago, my friend tells me that his dad sued Microsoft for $133 million!
Here's the story:
His dad, David Colvin, who owns a small software company, developed an anti-piracy program which Microsoft apparently took (despite patents) and sold to another company (the company that produces the AutoCad programs) without his permission. Well, he found out and took them to federal court in Texas. The court is apparently known for upholding patent/copyright cases. The jury decided in favor of my friend's dad in the amount of $133,000,000 
I thought "BS", so I looked it up online and sure enough, it's true. The even better part is that Microsoft appealed the case and has to pay interest on the money while it is in appeals. The lawyers say that it is highly unlikely it will be overturned.
If you search for Colvin 133 Microsoft on google it should come up if you want to read the article about it.
Some crazy parties should be happening quite soon, we be gettin' drunk off Cristal!! 
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Hmmmmm... I see Chineseman video potential there. That is CRAZY! 
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tell him i want a Cobra.. he has 133 million bucks.. he can afford 25K..
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I'll be keeping it to myself, until the time comes. It'll be hard to find. 
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can he lend me some money to replace the roof on my house?
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Hehe, how bout just a lil to pay off my Taurus? 
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hey wanna lend me some $$ to pay of my debt and get started on a 3L with TH tranny
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How did I guess people were gonna start asking for money?  I just want a party so I can do a spoof of a music video.
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Give it up people. You are not getting money out of this.
Still cool BTW that someone took that much from Microsoft. My old boss is still setting a lawsuit by Microsoft against him.
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