> You are so fortunate that you have not used a tilde as a separator in > your custom CSV file format or you'd have heard from attorneys by > now... >
I was going to do that, but I saw some bastard beat me to the punch with the tilde. Oh, that bastard was you? I would like to apologize for calling you a bastard, but won't <g>... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] M$ banned from selling Word inthe USA? > > You are so fortunate that you have not used a tilde as a separator in > your custom CSV file format or you'd have heard from attorneys by > now... > > rk > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Gilbert M. Hale > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] M$ banned from selling Word inthe USA? > > > How can a company claim to have a patent on custom XML. > > > > I, Gilbert Mitchell Hale, citizens of the United States Of America, > hereby > proclaim to own all rights to my own custom CSV file format, because I > am > using semi-colon characters as field separators instead of comma > characters, > and left/right square brackets instead of double-quote characters to > nest > non-numeric field values. Patent Pending. Use my custom CSV format at > your > own risk, and know I do not plan to enforce this patent (yet). > > Pay here... > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
