I guess what they did here was invite these Burst guys in, have them present their stuff, and then decide not to buy it. Lo and behold, the next rev of Windows Media Player has Burst's features in it. That's pretty much the classic way Microsoft steals other people's stuff.
They are thieves, or didn't you know that?
They've paid for their mistakes, but IBM really hasn't for not only crushing their competition like Microsoft has, but for their part in building up supercomputers for the Nazis Ruskies and Chicoms. Their latest little sellout to China should have been blocked on past discretions alone. Their day is coming though, once they get completely dependent on China for operations that little rug is going to get yanked right out from under them.