So what happens if Microsoft doesn't bother arguing with the Patent right now?
Lets suppose they want to do software license enforcement with Palladium, in the future.
Even if they let the patent go through and don't fight it now. They have enough lawyers to get the Patent overturned later when it "doesn't suit their interest". Sure it'd be more expensive then just fighting it now, but I'm sure they've got prior art sitting on a SourceSafe server in Redmond somewhere.
The article seems very intent on proving that every possibility is flawed. However I wonder about their VPN reasoning. They exude that using VPN's you can still let "crackers" talk and communicate using your WAP. But why would anyone go to the trouble of hacking into a WAP, just to essentially use ad-hoc mode on their wireless cards?
"Students are permitted to use calculators on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but because of the potential for cheating using infrared messaging, PDAs are banned"
Am I the only one that remembers using the ir port in the TI calculators?
With the current state of EDA tools for NT/2k (really weak, bugridden, not well supported) does anyone think that this chip design is being done on NT boxes?
It would be a nice coup for Solaris/HP/Linux if it came out that M$ used something else for their own chip design.
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So what happens if Microsoft doesn't bother arguing with the Patent right now?
Lets suppose they want to do software license enforcement with Palladium, in the future.
Even if they let the patent go through and don't fight it now. They have enough lawyers to get the Patent overturned later when it "doesn't suit their interest".
Sure it'd be more expensive then just fighting it now, but I'm sure they've got prior art sitting on a SourceSafe server in Redmond somewhere.
The article seems very intent on proving that every possibility is flawed. However I wonder about their VPN reasoning. They exude that using VPN's you can still let "crackers" talk and communicate using your WAP. But why would anyone go to the trouble of hacking into a WAP, just to essentially use ad-hoc mode on their wireless cards?
Bueller?
Bueller?
"Students are permitted to use calculators on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but because of the potential for cheating using infrared messaging, PDAs are banned"
Am I the only one that remembers using the ir port in the TI calculators?
Moulin Rouge, from the people who brought you Romeo and Juliet..... And which tale of the bard is this based on?
With the current state of EDA tools for NT/2k (really weak, bugridden, not well supported) does anyone think that this chip design is being done on NT boxes?
It would be a nice coup for Solaris/HP/Linux if it came out that M$ used something else for their own chip design.