Microsoft Pulls Juku Amid Code Plagiarism Claim

[JMcEntegart]

Microsoft has pulled its Chinese microblogging service amid claims that the company stole much of the site's code and its UI from a similar service called Plunk.

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[jellico]

Just out of curiosity, was this story originally going to be reported by Marcus Yam? 😀

 

[opmopadop]

" similar service called Plunk.

Plurk, a start-up microblogging rival of Twitter"

 

[smy]

Microsoft admits the code was lifted.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/dec09/12-15statement.mspx

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-stole-plurk-cod_n_393185.html

 

[imapc]

Looks as if the investigation went smoothly. Now that contracted company probably gets slapped with a fine and Microsoft brings their business elsewhere so they can concentrate on Windows 7 updates and fixes.

 

[Manos]

If anything this was great publisity for a so called "fival" to twitter since none of us knew about it till this article. I know if I were them id be way too happy this happened. lol no damage, only gain.

 

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[cryogenic]

[citation][nom]D_Kuhn[/nom]From the look of the GUI, someone in M$ is is big trouble. He/She didn't steel "Most" of the code, it looks like they stole ALL the code, changed some formatting, and threw their name on it.[/citation]

Microsoft said the code was written by a contracted 3rd party ... so Microsoft is pretty safe on this matter.

 

[E7130]

I like how the articles try and label MS as the one who stole the code, it was just a vendor that they hired and that vendor is to blame really. They violated the contract MS signed with them.

 

[deathblooms2k1]

I just wonder how this vendor honestly thought they could get away with this, without the people from plurk noticing.

 

[Ridik876]

[citation][nom]E7130[/nom]I like how the articles try and label MS as the one who stole the code, it was just a vendor that they hired and that vendor is to blame really. They violated the contract MS signed with them.[/citation]

The article says nothing of the sort. The title says "Microsoft pulls..." which is factual because it was MS's service and they pulled it. And the first line states "Plurk...claimed the Microsoft china had stolen..." which is stating Plurk's accusation. Nowhere does the author blame MS.