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Red Hat Hit With Patent Suit Over JBoss
An anonymous reader writes "A small software company is claiming that Red Hat's JBoss open source middleware violates one of its patents and is asking a court to stop Red Hat from distributing the product. Software Tree LLC claims that JBoss infringes on its database patent for 'exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and a relational system.' Software Tree's partners include Microsoft, and that the suit was filed in Eastern Texas, which is known as a plaintiff's paradise for patent actions."
Untied States Patent #078957284370958240976548037689725, Method and Apparatus for Initiating a Loud Communication Between a Liberal and a Conservative:
The Liberal says, "The government should pay for it!" The Conservative says, "Throw grandma down the stairs and out into the street!" A loud communication thus begins between the two.
I am going to sue every liberal and conservative in the country and seek an injunction to prevent them from talking to each other unless they pay me royalties.
According to its Web site, Software Tree specializes in "providing superior software infrastructure that shifts the application/database integration paradigm."
Well if nothing else they've definitely got the marketing speak down.
No, that was simply the fevered hope of many open source criminals who seek to profit off the hard work and innovation of others.
Not sure what you are trying to say. Nobody here has an anti-Microsoft agenda.
They can, because RedHat is selling/offering their software in that state.
Note to self: When I start selling my software, refuse to sell it in Texas.
What you say is perfectly true, I really liked object store when I was using it. To bad it does not seem to have gone very far!
RAH RAH RAH for object store
ATTN RED HAT: DON'T SETTLE!