Microsoft Tamagotchi...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:21:12 -0700 (MST)


Hiya Loonies...

Here's Microsoft's response to the Tamagotchi vitual pets...sent in by
Alan...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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Redmond WA (AP)

Microsoft (MSFT) has announced a $54 million lawsuit against Tamagotchi
maker, Bandai.  Microsoft is claiming that the Tamagotchi, the Japanese
electronic pet that's all the rage with the kids, is an infringment of
its intellectual property.

"Software that needs constant, even hourly attention, or else it dies?
Sounds like Windows to me", stated MSFT spokesman Eric Longford.  "This
is clearly an infringment on our technology."

Bandai refused to comment on the suit.


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