Microsoft launched Juku, which was was a service where users could share 140-character messages with friends on a scrolling timeline.Then Plurk, a popular Twitter rival in Asia, alleged about 80% of Juku’s code base was stolen from Plurk.
In fairness, pretty much as soon as the accusations appeared on Plurk’s blog, Microsoft suspended the Juku service and said it was investigating the matter.
ComputerWorld reports that it is now confirmed that a vendor working with Microsoft’s MSN China joint venture acknowledged that a portion of the code that it provided was indeed copied.