Re: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-17 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:08:59 + robert burrell donkin wrote: > software patents encourage innovation? don't make me laugh! > hahaha Let's laugh! Join in the laughter! .. singing "Yellow *Submarine*" :) - Tetsuya Kitahata -

Re: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-14 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 13 Feb 2004, at 07:28, Conor MacNeill wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:19:40 -0500, Noel J. Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3312091 Patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/ netahtm l/search-adv.htm&r=9

RE: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-13 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Doesn't prior art invalidate such patents? > "Systems, methods and data structures for encompassing scripts written > in one or more scripting languages in a single file" does not sound > *that* innovative here ;-) Nothing about it sounds innovative. In terms of prior art, what about http://ww

Re: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-13 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Le Vendredi, 13 fév 2004, à 07:19 Europe/Zurich, Noel J. Bergman a écrit : See: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3312091 ... Does anyone have any idea how this would effect Ant, Maven, Jelly, JSP and other technologies that use XML to describe scripting?... Doesn't prior art inva

Re: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Friday, February 13, 2004 6:28 PM +1100 Conor MacNeill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is hard to see Ant being affected as its publication precedes the filing date for the patent, if that is relevant. Not sure about the other projects. FWIW, in the US, it is first to invent not first to file.

Re: Microsoft patents XML based script automation?

2004-02-13 Thread Conor MacNeill
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:19:40 -0500, Noel J. Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3312091 Patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtm l/search-adv.htm&r=9&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=Microsoft.ASNM.&OS=AN/Micro