Sharing Secrets; Tech vendors face a dilemma: protect their intellectual property, yet share it enough to keep the market growing. Microsoft is tackling that challenge with a strategy that lets startups license its software with equity rather than cash

Authors :: Sullivan, Laurie
Source :: InformationWeek. May 9, 2005
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Tech vendors face a dilemma: protect their intellectual property, yet share it enough to keep the market growing. Microsoft is tackling that challenge with a strategy that lets startups license […]

Subjects :: Intellectual property
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