Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > > > Sex, 2007-04-27 Ã s 17:21 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > > > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development > > > > than Adobe. ^ > > > | > > > Eh? | > > > | > > > Adobe's latest 10-Q: | > > > | > > > Research and development................ 137,129 >--------------+ > > ^ > > | > > Software Patents count here -----------------+ > > Same as with Red Hat's R&D numbers, I gather. > > "Patents, and the patent system, are becoming increasingly important to > the business. Deputy general counsel Webbink explains that when Red Hat > decided to create the position that Avrunin filled, management received > a lot of resumes from patent prosecutors. In contrast, Avrunin was a > patent litigator at law firm Finnegan Henderson. "We found that rather > intriguing," says Webbink. His resume made the decision makers > question: "Do we want a good patent prosecutor? Or do we want someone > who can keep us out of trouble?" > > It appears that Avrunin wants to be both. "He's been here for 20 years > already in dog years," says Webbink. Avrunin has been busy, in other > words. Before he arrived, Red Hat had around 30 patent applications > pending at the USPTO. "At the end of last quarter, we have nine issued
Such as 7,107,314 Mail system synchronization using multiple message identifiers 7,082,424 Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up 7,024,499 Cache only queue option for cache controller 6,988,142 Method and apparatus for handling communication requests at a server without context switching 6,950,868 Method of and apparatus for remote monitoring 6,944,793 Method of remote monitoring 6,886,004 Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up 6,754,891 Debugger system using tracepoints for computer software > patents out of 175 applications," Such as 20070089098 PASTE BY EXAMPLE 20070061492 ZERO-COPY NETWORK I/O FOR VIRTUAL HOSTS 20070016867 PRESENTATION MODE/FULL-SCREEN MODE INTERRUPTING ACTION PREVENTION 20070016585 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING USERS SEARCHING FOR COMMON SUBJECT MATTER ON A COMPUTER NETWORK TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER 20070015118 TUTORIAL GENERATOR WITH AUTOMATIC CAPTURE OF SCREENSHOTS 20070006301 Strong password entry 20070006147 Using differential information entropy to detect bugs and security flaws in computer programs 20070005919 Computer system protection based on virtualization 20060248127 Conditional message delivery to holder of locks relating to a distributed locking manager 20060218487 System, method and medium for component based web user interface frameworks 20060200438 System and method for retrieving data from a relational database management system 20060184948 System, method and medium for providing asynchronous input and output with less system calls to and from an operating system 20060184942 System, method and medium for using and/or providing operating system information to acquire a hybrid user/operating system lock 20060184653 System and method for creating and managing virtual services 20060168130 Bytecode localization engine and instructions 20060112395 Replacing idle process when doing fast messaging 20060112374 System, method, and medium for efficiently obtaining the addresses of thread-local variables 20060080385 System, method, and medium for configuring client computers to operate disconnected from a server computer while using a master instance of the operating system 20060075059 Method and system for caching directory services 20060075030 Self-tuning statistical method and system for blocking spam 20060053139 Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing single-node and cluster snapshots 20060015747 System and method for detecting computer virus 20060005256 Apparatus and method for managing digital rights with arbitration 20050138406 Rights management system 20050071371 Software and data file updating process 20050021637 Electronic mail control system 20040158717 Electronic document active content assurance 20040153483 Mail system synchronization 20040143776 Hot plug interfaces and failure handling 20040143687 Cache only queue option for cache controller etc. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
