Yes, the text chapters minus the charts are in the downloadable (for licensed customers) tersed MXG Source PDS or zipped ASCII directory; no MXG tapes have been created for 10 years. The USPTO was actually an MXG Licensee until 2000 when they retired their mainframe.
Barry -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT, but likely important: Patent troll claims SSL encryption In <[email protected]>, on 11/09/2012 at 08:11 AM, Barry Merrill <[email protected]> said: >About two years ago, I got a call from the US Patent Office, requesting >a machine readable copy of my 1984 book, "Merrill's Guide to Computer >Performance Evaluation using the SAS System"; Isn't that already on the MXG tape? >Ok, it's a slight brag, No, but it's a pleasant surprise that someone at USPTO was actually checking for prior art. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
