Microblogging startup Plurk took note of Microsoft’s apology , in which the software company took responsibility over the blatant rip-off of the startup’s design and code for a competing service in China. Microsoft was quick to blame a third-party vendor for cutting a few corners here and there when developing the beta service ( MSN Juku ), and promptly yanked it off the Web. The company said it felt ‘disappointed’ in the vendor that worked together with its MSN China joint venture and said it would be reevaluating practices around applications code provided by third-party vendors

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Plurk Still Considers Suing Microsoft Over Copy-Paste Debacle In China