Web Services Patented by IBM and Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday April 12, 2002 @11:05PM from the pay-toll-and-enter dept.

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."

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Why should it suprise anyone... by gibara · 2002-04-12 23:45 · Score: 0, Redundant

...that companies like IBM and Microsoft develop these technologies with the sole purpose of generating as much money as possible?

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