From the Steorn site on 6th July 2007 5.00 GMT
"We are experiencing some technical difficulties with the demo unit in London. Our initial assessment indicates that this is probably due to the intense heat from the camera lighting. We have commenced a technical assessment and will provide an update later today. As a consequence, Kinetica will not be open to the public today (5th July). We apologise for this delay and appreciate your patience."
Scamming at its best.
I wonder if there should be any role for any acknowledgment in the whole process. Once you have a patent being violated by somebody it should be possible to go to court, convince the judge and get compensated. This is about the facts (contents) of the patent and a proof of the actions of the violator. If a third party has acknowledged the patent (an opinion) outside the court, it should not make the patent any more valid that it is. This is precisely what MS is not doing. The fact that this line is not being taken by MS means they are up to something else.
Certainly these two are different (resisting temptation to go hackneyed "chalk and cheese" way). In fact, there is no sense in "legal transparency". If one is talking about information being made available to people outside the courtroom, then the judge in any case dictates how much can be discussed outside (gag-orders?). How the trial goes is dictated by the judge at the same time ensuring that there is no bias. Secrecy issue is also covered the same way. If required the sessions are held "in-camera".
Coming to the real issue of such information making adverse impact on the ability of the law-enforcement/prosecuting agencies etc., this issue will certainly come to a legal stage some day. If it will seem to impact things badly enough we may see some mechanisms getting defined.
In the meantime, identities of/information on all people involved in legal dramas will be available to people with motives and resources to manage it. Cannot think it does not happen even without facilitation provided by the net.
So, if understand correctly this part of Groklaw discussion
As you can see in the section I highlighted, the minute someone turns in a voucher after GPLv3 is in effect, Microsoft will be granting a patent license to everyone, not just Novell's paying customers:
protection against MS-expected-patent-infringement will be available only if kernel is released under GPLv3. Linus does not seem to be very much inclined towards GPLv3 the last I read about it. Am I missing anything here?
Will it lead to some people seeing GPLv3 in different light?
From the FTA
Meanwhile, author Tim O'Reilly said at CommunityOne that the days in which developer salaries differ based on the nation where the developer is located were numbered. Developers overseas now are asking why they should get paid less than others, he said.
"We're actually coming to the end of cheap outsourcing," O'Reilly said.
When these numbered days are over, a great wave of levelling will start if our friend TOR is proved correct.
Welcome to mouse-rage. Each thing you do or do not do can be a reason for stress.
It does not matter where the provocation comes from. Stress comes from your own reaction to the external events as the Gautam the Buddha explained long back. The same set of people getting hyper over bad web-sites will curse while they at the steering wheel.
Slashdot Mirror
From the Steorn site on 6th July 2007 5.00 GMT
"We are experiencing some technical difficulties with the demo unit in London. Our initial assessment indicates that this is probably due to the intense heat from the camera lighting. We have commenced a technical assessment and will provide an update later today. As a consequence, Kinetica will not be open to the public today (5th July). We apologise for this delay and appreciate your patience."
Scamming at its best.
I wonder if there should be any role for any acknowledgment in the whole process. Once you have a patent being violated by somebody it should be possible to go to court, convince the judge and get compensated. This is about the facts (contents) of the patent and a proof of the actions of the violator. If a third party has acknowledged the patent (an opinion) outside the court, it should not make the patent any more valid that it is. This is precisely what MS is not doing. The fact that this line is not being taken by MS means they are up to something else.
Certainly these two are different (resisting temptation to go hackneyed "chalk and cheese" way). In fact, there is no sense in "legal transparency". If one is talking about information being made available to people outside the courtroom, then the judge in any case dictates how much can be discussed outside (gag-orders?). How the trial goes is dictated by the judge at the same time ensuring that there is no bias. Secrecy issue is also covered the same way. If required the sessions are held "in-camera".
Coming to the real issue of such information making adverse impact on the ability of the law-enforcement/prosecuting agencies etc., this issue will certainly come to a legal stage some day. If it will seem to impact things badly enough we may see some mechanisms getting defined.
In the meantime, identities of/information on all people involved in legal dramas will be available to people with motives and resources to manage it. Cannot think it does not happen even without facilitation provided by the net.
So, if understand correctly this part of Groklaw discussion
As you can see in the section I highlighted, the minute someone turns in a voucher after GPLv3 is in effect, Microsoft will be granting a patent license to everyone, not just Novell's paying customers:
protection against MS-expected-patent-infringement will be available only if kernel is released under GPLv3. Linus does not seem to be very much inclined towards GPLv3 the last I read about it. Am I missing anything here?
Will it lead to some people seeing GPLv3 in different light?
From the FTA
Meanwhile, author Tim O'Reilly said at CommunityOne that the days in which developer salaries differ based on the nation where the developer is located were numbered. Developers overseas now are asking why they should get paid less than others, he said. "We're actually coming to the end of cheap outsourcing," O'Reilly said.
When these numbered days are over, a great wave of levelling will start if our friend TOR is proved correct.
Welcome to mouse-rage. Each thing you do or do not do can be a reason for stress. It does not matter where the provocation comes from. Stress comes from your own reaction to the external events as the Gautam the Buddha explained long back. The same set of people getting hyper over bad web-sites will curse while they at the steering wheel.
This may be projected as a compelling reason to upgrade your web browser at least !!
Would have got more or less the same answers even if it was somebody very high up in the heirarchy. It is about official line.