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Transparent Web Caching Patented

Posted by simoniker on from the time-to-get-the-checkbooks-out dept.

JohnQPublic writes "BIND author and all-around Internet personality Paul Vixie and Mirror Image Internet have recently received US patent 6,581,090, specifically '..technology that efficiently stores and retrieves content requests and balances Web traffic between origin servers to improve performance and speed' - sounds an awful lot like what Akamai do. There's a press release from last week that gives some lovely 'details', including this little gem from CEO Alexander M. Vik: 'We anticipate that these patents and our technology solutions will encourage large groups of corporations to become customers of Mirror Image services. We also recognize that this technology is a critical component of other content delivery services and weâ(TM)ll be attempting to work cooperatively with our competitors and their customers to address this issue.' Can you say 'patent infringement suit'?"

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  2. Then What ?? by Delifisek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Patent breahting? Eating ?....

    oh no... Patent make sex.....

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  3. Re:akamai overseas ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    America _sucks_

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  17. Why don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you fukcing Americans don't simply patent yourself to death,
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    of thinking, and building things?

  18. Re:akamai overseas ? by Jonner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    While you're at it, patent your spelling of the word. You could sue every time someone hit the "t" one too many ttimes. ;)

  19. test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a test.

    This is only a test.