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appyboo

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on: Jul 7, 2018
In 2007, Microsoft asserted that 235 company patents were infringed upon by open source programs. What effect did this announcement have?
 
  A) IBM also filed dozens of lawsuits to enforce these patents
  B) open source organizations filed lawsuits alleging that Microsoft is infringing upon their patents
  C) it slowed down the growth of open source communities.
  D) public backlash caused Microsoft to withdraw the statements

Question 2

UML's notations, standard diagrams, and extensibility mechanisms provide a well-rounded toolbox for expressing architectural views.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


jesse.fleming

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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

TRUE


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