And exactly which decade set the standard for '90s greed? That's right, the '80s. Greed is hardly something that can be pinned down to a specific era, and the Democratic and Republican parties share responsibility for promoting it.
By the way, quoting that tired old myth about Al Gore makes you sound just about as clever as if you had said "Micro$haft." Just letting you know.
Sure, as long as you compare an 100% JPEG to a PNG. There's a quality/size tradeoff, and the only way you get similar quality is by using 100% quality JPEGs (which are large).
IANAL. The patent is unlikely to stand up under prior-art challenges if Red Hat tries to extricate licensing fees from implementors of similar software.
My best guess is that these patents are strictly to avoid the situation of some company with plenty of money to burn *cough*MS*cough* patenting them first and using the patents as a club to take down companies that can't afford the legal expenses of challenging the patent.
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And exactly which decade set the standard for '90s greed? That's right, the '80s.
Greed is hardly something that can be pinned down to a specific era, and the Democratic and Republican parties share responsibility for promoting it.
By the way, quoting that tired old myth about Al Gore makes you sound just about as clever as if you had said "Micro$haft." Just letting you know.
Sure, as long as you compare an 100% JPEG to a PNG. There's a quality/size tradeoff, and the only way you get similar quality is by using 100% quality JPEGs (which are large).
Batman is a rich playboy in real life. Superman is a nerdy newspaper reporter. Batman'll get the girls in this one.
Maybe you should have read the parent before shooting your mouth off, troll. LinuxWorld. Not MacWorld. LinuxWorld. LinuxWorld.
A mail server, not a mail client. It's like linking sendmail to Mozilla. Completely pointless.
IANAL.
The patent is unlikely to stand up under prior-art challenges if Red Hat tries to extricate licensing fees from implementors of similar software.
My best guess is that these patents are strictly to avoid the situation of some company with plenty of money to burn *cough*MS*cough* patenting them first and using the patents as a club to take down companies that can't afford the legal expenses of challenging the patent.
It makes Linux sound like an uppity young teenager. "Don't make me come down there, you upstart operating system!"