Web Services Patented by IBM and Microsoft

daecabhir writes "This article from ZDNet is an interesting read. Not just because of the implications of what IBM and Microsoft appear to be doing, but because it again brings to light how susceptible many standards processes continue to be to commercial interests. You would think that being early adopters, crafting the standards so that they can have the first and most compliant implementations might be enough - but I guess these companies aren't secure about the quality of their products, so they have to go down the route of intellectual property ownership, enforcement and RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory, whatever "reasonable" means) licensing fees."

Comments

Re:It doesn't matter

[Anonymous Coward]

I am about to start a new contract for a bank, and I'll be involved in deciding what technologies will be used for new online application.

Here we go.... software that will only run on linux that you have to manualy compile the source code to binaries and configure stupid fucking .conf files to get working.

Bugs? Problems? Fix them your fucking self, thats why we give you the sauce code.

Let me know which bank so I can switch now.

Im moving to germany

[Cowboy Bill]

All you losers in the US ... I can only pity you. As long as such foolish patents are not recognized in more developed parts of the world, someone is relatively safe(r).