MS has money....which = power...they can and will delay/sidestep/bribe ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Re: No so good news > This is the first time they have made public the workarounds they are > discussing. That's what is new. > > Since they have already lost in court, and the judge has not ruled on > a punishment yet, he could potentially order Microsoft to stop > shipping all versions of IE that infringe on the patent within a month > or so from now. If it's any longer than that, it wont be by much. Of > course, the judge could do that, and then suspend his decision pending > the appeals court decision as well. > > Bottom line is, Microsoft will have to change IE unless Eolas licenses > their patent (not likely) to MS. We will have to change a bunch of > web sites if the judge does not stay his ruling pending the appeal. At > this point, it's all in the judges hands. Microsoft really can't > delay much at this point...they already delayed this one for years. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, September 12, 2003, 3:20:24 PM, you wrote: > BS> Old news now...and it ain't over till the fat lady sings ;-) > > BS> Just think about the GIF format case...of that guy in the UK claiming the > BS> patent on links...where are they now ;-) > > BS> I'm waiting until there is something "official"...and if MS has it's way as > BS> usual...that could take years > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
