Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?

Posted by michael on Thursday August 28, 2003 @01:19AM from the speakeasy-has-spent-two-weeks-without-placing-my-order dept.

hexene writes "The W3C have issued an initial statement on the recent court case of Eolas v. Microsoft in regards to US Patent 5,838,906. The patent relates to the embedding of objects in hypermedia documents, and Microsoft has indicated they will have to make changes to Internet Explorer as a result of the ruling. There may also be far-reaching effects to both other web browser vendors and page authors. Check out the public mailing list to discuss the various issues." See the previous Eolas story for background.

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Re:I think I'm in trouble by MikeFM · 2003-08-28 01:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I suggest you rent the movie Risky Business and watch it over and over until you understand why hookers are a bargain.

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Evil MS vs. Evil Patent Grabber by clausiam · 2003-08-28 02:12 · Score: 1, Offtopic

What's a poor /.'er to do when you can't just choose side and bash the usual suspects...