I think Matts points are sound and I'm of the same opinion. Of course all we can do is speculate at this point...
Does anyone know the specifics of what MS is pursuing now since IE no longer going to be receiving enhancements? Stace -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 13, 2003 2:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: No so good news > If it were still available as a stand-alone application - which it > would > pretty much have to be - it would still be covered by the patent as it > would be automatically launching executable code from a hyper-text > environment. > The patent specifically refers to plug-ins and not technology directly built into the browser. > MS stands to lose just as much (potentially more) as anybody in this: > should they lose much of their technology also becomes suspect: OLE, > COM, ActiveX, .NET and so forth. This would mean rebuilding not just > IE, but also potentially Office, all of their reference products > (Encarta, Streets and Trips, etc) ALL of MSN and all of the properties > under it (MSNBC, CarPoint, Expedia, TerraServer, etc), it also seems > that any VBA-enabled hyper-text applications would fall into the realm. > Again, the patent only covers plug-ins used from within a browser. Please read it for specifics at to what is covered. > There are plenty of nice big, fat reasons why MS doesn't want to lose > this case. > I belief your analysis is incorrect based on a misunderstanding of what the patent covers. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.MontaraSoftware.com (888) 408-0900 x901 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
