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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com Over Patents
WrongSizeGlass writes "CNET is reporting that Microsoft is suing Salesforce.com in Seattle federal court, claiming it infringes on nine patents. Two of the patents in question are a 'system and method for providing and displaying a Web page having an embedded menu' and a 'method and system for stacking toolbars in a computer display.'" Microsoft says it first notified Salesforce more than a year ago about the alleged infringement.
You're still not getting it. Syncing is not the same thing. Sending the actual files is not what the patent does.
The patent covers, sending a list of versions of files to a server, the server goes through it's archive and determines which files are out of date. Then it sends a list of those files, including summaries of what the files are, etc.. to the client so that this list can be displayed to the user, then that user can decide if he wants install any given update.
So, rather than syncing files, it actually says "Blah.dll" was updated in service pack 3, therefore to update that file you need to download and install service pack 3.
This is not the same thing. Inarguably, rsync does a lot more, it just doesn't do what the patent we're referring to does, and no matter how you wish to twist it, it's not the same thing.
It's like claiming that a semi truck is the same thing as a Jaguar XK8 because they can both get you from point a to b.
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You must mean Apple then too! Right???