Too bad this one isn't on the author's radar: http://www.around.com/patent.html
US Patents as granted and as thrown about in legal cases in today's world are just plain stupid and abusive. > Just wanted to point out that the ad-hoc w3c meeting was > hosted by > Macromedia themselves, and the statement they released did > say that > Microsoft already had presented some potential options. > It will be interesting to see how this all ends up if > Microsoft looses > their appeal, or if the judge orders an injunction against > IE. I'm > kind of hoping MS does lose, simply because it will shake > up the whole > industry. These last 2 years have been entirely too > boring. > I think Flash will be fine...if however this gets IE any > closer to > it's non-standard buggy ass grave (and I hope they > miscalculate the > size the grave, because they only measured the width of > the inside of > the coffin! hah! Well...I can dream anyway :)) I'm all for > it, no > matter how invalid the patent is. > -- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Monday, September 1, 2003, 1:15:42 PM, you wrote: > KG> Okay, I know this is legal FUD, but I'm always > fascinated by the IP rulings > KG> these days. > KG> http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1062344128.html > KG> Basically, a company has won a patent suit against > Microsoft's ActiveX for: > KG> "A system allowing a user of a browser program on a > computer connected to an > KG> open distributed hypermedia system to access and > execute an embedded program > KG> object." > KG> -Kevin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 > Subscription: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubsc > ribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 > Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these > lists and provide more resources for the community. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
