Congratulations, you are obviously a gentleman. It takes one to be able
to publicly apologize.
Darren Wiebe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Juan Rey wrote:
>
> Sorry about my unpropper maners , yesterday was an awfull day for me!.
>
> "Timothy J. Massey" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:33:47 +0000, juan wrote:
> >
> > >So you *think* there should be ONE spreadsheet, ONE word processor and ONE OS,
> > >isn t it ?
> > >Are you a microsoft *programmer* ?
> >
> > Where in the WORLD do YOU get off YELLING AT ME!!!
> >
> > Where in my entire document did I EVERY SAY THAT I **AGREED** with what I
> > wrote? I wasn't writing an OPINION PIECE, I WAS WRITING FACTS!!! I merely
> > stated what the LAW is, not what I THOUGHT AOBUT THE LAW.
> >
> > You said that you thought that US patent law was similar to Spanish patent
> > law in that only physical, material items were patentable; purely
> > software-type patents aren't. I'm telling you that the US Patent and
> > Trademark Office will let you patent an IDEA, even one that does not exist
> > in reality WHATSOEVER. The LZW compression algorithm (used in GIF graphics)
> > is a perfect example of such a patent, and I described how that patent HAS
> > BEEN LEGALLY PROVED TO BE ENFORCED. I in no way said that I thought that
> > such a patent was APPROPRIATE.
> >
> > Get your facts straight before you start making such attacks.
> >
> > Tim Massey
