I think it's pretty inappropriate to claim a patent you haven't even read yet is false or to imply that people are stupid just because they are doing something you (might) disagree with or can't do what you can do technically..
I have quite a lot of respect for the Reaction Grid team and the services they are providing to educators and newbies in the opensim space. There are many faculty and teachers whose expertise is in something other than managing servers, and they are far from stupid people. Personally, I'll reserve judgement until I've, you know, read the patent application. You probably should, too. Respectfully, - Chris/Fleep Chris M. Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque) Project Manager, UC Second Life Second Life Ambassador, Ohio Learning Network UCit Instructional & Research Computing University of Cincinnati 406E Zimmer Hall PO Box 210088 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088 (513)556-3018 chris.coll...@uc.edu UC Second Life: http://homepages.uc.edu/secondlife OLN Second Life: http://www.oln.org/emerging_technologies/emtech.php On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Mark Malewski <mark.malew...@gmail.com>wrote: > > *> Seems like Mark is upset lol* > > Just sick and tired of people trying to make FALSE patent claims on > OpenSource software, and attempting to claim "inventions" based on > OpenSource software. > > Just so they can begin suing others that use the software... > > It's just absurd. > > Absolutely no reason why non-profits, educational institutions, or others > should have to deal with "Reaction Grid" legal nonsense due to some FALSE > patent claims (based on ignorant marketing nonsense written by Microsoft, > who probably never even heard of OpenSim prior to two or three fools asking > Microsoft for "help" because they're too stupid to setup their own Microsoft > 2008 Server, or use Hyper-V. > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Jor3l Boa <jo...@foravatars.com> wrote: > >> Seems like Mark is upset lol >> >> 2011/2/2 Mark Malewski <mark.malew...@gmail.com> >> >> Does anyone actually have the Patent number? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Mark Malewski >>> <mark.malew...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Regardless, it's just another false claim. Just like the silly IBM >>>> patent claim about using LDAP with OpenSim. >>>> >>>> This is just another false patent claim, attempting to make a false >>>> claim that they "invented" using virtualization with OpenSim. >>>> >>>> Completely absurd... >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Melanie <mela...@t-data.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It really contains no useful information. However, it looks like >>>>> this is a "Business method patent" which will not be recognized >>>>> outside the US even if granted. >>>>> >>>>> Melanie >>>>> >>>>> Marcus Alexander Link wrote: >>>>> > Sorry, that was the wrong link. Here ist the correct one: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> http://reactiongrid.blogspot.com/2011/02/reactiongrid-inc-files-for-us-patent.html >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards, Marcus >>>>> > >>>>> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Michael Cerquoni < >>>>> nebadon2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> This article seems to make no mention of a Patent filing. The word >>>>> Patent >>>>> >> is not mentioned even once. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Marcus Alexander Link < >>>>> manup...@gmail.com> >>>>> >> wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> just saw this posting. Thx to Pathfinder. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000004150 >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Regards, >>>>> >>> Marcus >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>>>> >>> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>>>> >>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> -- >>>>> >> Michael Emory Cerquoni - Nebadon Izumi @ http://osgrid.org >>>>> >> >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >> Opensim-dev mailing list >>>>> >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>>>> >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>>>> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>>>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-dev mailing list >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > >
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