Same here Civil, same here I HATE that.
Damn Microsoft, damn them to hell,
I hope the govt does split them up and they
fall like a shot down plane in WWII
and crash and burn even harder.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Anyone know where I can find something
> > in linux to play those dangbusted asf files?
>
> Not no but "hell, No!"
>
> Microshaft PATENTED the *.asf format ignoring the preexisting mpeg formats on
> which it is based. If there is ever a way to read the (decidedly second rate
> quality) Active Stream Format files, it will have to be written by Microsoft.
> Anyone writing a program to decode the *.asf files, without written permission
> of Microsoft, is an infringer.
>
> Anyway, likely the patent is crap. But the US Patent Office is the #1
> Embarassment of the Digital Age, handing out software patents with very little
> research (same staff, and ten times the workload) and letting the courts decide
> which is valid. Anyone have a spare $200 million (US) to go to court on this
> patent with Microsoft and PROVE it is invalid?
>
> And if you see words in this message I do not normally type, I think you can
> see that I am furious because I am helpless before these bozos.
>
> Civileme
