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Microsoft's intent on forcing IP into IT talk
The Open Road — Is Microsoft the last holdout on an outmoded way of doing business, or is it the vanguard for intellectual-property licensing schemes that herald a new age of competitive cooperation? Horacio Gutierrez, a friend and vice president of intellectual property and licensing at Microsoft, believes that it's the latter and argues that the best way to ensure true interoperability while simultaneously competing is through patent cross-licensing arrangements : At the heart of these business arrangements is an honest recognition of the value of the intellectual assets that drive ...

Competition and Collaboration
The ArtLab — ... ) Horacio Gutierrez makes a good point about the economic value of intellectual property.  Collaboration on interoperability holds a great deal of promise, especially for companies running both "open source and proprietary software".  For this collaboration to be most effective, it must involve both sharing of, and competition between, the intellectual assets of many companies. ...