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Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?

Posted by michael on 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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  1. internet explorer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    does anyone even use this pos anymore?

  2. Patents are bad. by BoomerSooner · · Score: -1, Troll

    Republicans are bad. When will people learn that supporting the people instead of the businesses is good for everyone.

    I can forgive the stupid people for voting for Bush in 2000 because they didn't know better. However, if anyone votes for Bush in 2004, they need to pull their head out of their ass.

    War, recession, tax-cuts for millionaires, cut benefits for military & federal employees, ...

    Sad really. The only justice is every military dipshit who bitched about Clinton can now reap the rewards from their ignorance.

  3. Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck M$FT. How will this affect my beloved Mozilla?

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're behind the times.

    That should now read:

    In Corporate America..... ....Patents embed you!

  5. Re:"plug-ins" = ...specifically what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What specifically differentiates a "plug-in" from any other type of application functionality?

    Do you really need this explained to you? Moron.

  6. Re:You would think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    You would also think that your mom would grow tired of me stretching her labia over my head and down to my ears, like a fishy pink skull cap, but she never does. Every fucking night ...

  7. Oh, come on by otherwhere · · Score: 0, Troll
    the fact that this might have a positive result doesn't mean you should be "all for it". I'm "all for" the elimination of AIDS, but not by means of killing every HIV+ person in the world.

    apologies if my analogy is overblown.