Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-09 Thread Nancy Roberts
No intent to offend in the last post. Sounds like there is a lot I don't know... and it almost sounds like there are two levels of involvement at issue here? I just use Axure to create prototypes for websites and CDs for proof of concept and user testing. That's it. My big concern would be losing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-09 Thread Josh Seiden
Fred asked: As a community, do we have the option of posting a formal response on the IxDA site? Or does the board wish the organization to remain neutral? As I noted in my second post on the original thread (http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=29930), the organization wishes to remain neutral

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-08 Thread Nancy Roberts
I just want to say thank you for bringing this to my attention... I would have had no idea this was going on, and it would present real problems in my day to day work life. I don't know what would make sense to do - I am not sure even a professional protest would stop iRise from trying to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-08 Thread dave malouf
Nancy, We are not just car repairman here. There are many in this community that work for companies like Axure and iRise. I.e. we are creators of prototyping software, not just users of it. I.e. there are people on this community board who are on the team for Thermo (Adobe's prototyping solution

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-07 Thread Fred Beecher
On 6/7/08, Nancy Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: know what would make sense to do - I am not sure even a professional protest would stop iRise from trying to eliminate competition. I don't expect that either, but they should at least be made aware that their backhanded business practices

[IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-06 Thread Fred Beecher
First, my apologies to Andrei and anyone else who may be affected by having links to patents in their email. I had NO idea about the impact. In response to Josh Seiden who, speaking for the IxDA board, encouraged us to come up with a plan of action, I'd like to start this new thread. To anyone