Their site quotes the items patented as follows, with my comment of course:
- "A system for asset management comprised of multiple workareas, each configured to maintain a virtual copy of content as it would appear when published;"
This looks like Microsoft could be pissed if they go after SharePoint.
- "A staging area to which content is submitted from multiple work areas and where any conflicts between content can be resolved;"
This one pisses me off. Every big big automated shop does this in some fashion.
- "Branches and sub-branches (for different projects or initiatives) that contain individual workareas, staging areas, and editions which allows for massively parallel development on a single platform;"
Reminds me of the methods Rational has you use for Development under ClearCase
- "The use of a hierarchical file system and an object repository for representing and hosting content and its structure;"
So are they going to go after every CM product with a metadatabase that is not part of the file itself? PerForce, Clearcase, MS VSS?
- "Virtualization of all content regardless of location as well as Web and application servers - this allows contributors to make changes "in context" of the entire site;"
F5 has an appliance that does this. Clearcase has their multisite solution.
- "The combined concepts of file history, versioning, comparison, and merging as it relates to content, provide an archive of all individual changes as well as collections of changes so they can be versioned and audited"
This one has everyone being sued.
The intent is to protect how they use their metadatabase. Their wording make it look like they can just close shop and make money the old fashioned way, sue for it.
Anyone know who their Patent Attourney is?
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There is one feature that Palm should boast that Sony and Handspring don't have.
When a palm runs low on power, it shutsdown and you have about a week to get it recharged.
For sony and handspring, they reset. Very annoying.
I'm hoping for a B&W palm 5 device from palm. Battery life is more important to me than color for my hand helds.
2-3 times a month we get Krispy Kremes. That is the penance for breaking a nightly build. Engineer or build meister. Screw it up and bring in the donuts.
I've been a generalist for the last 21 years. I've worked multiple indiustries, been everything from architect to team lead, grunt, QA and CM Nazi.
Most of what I use is boolean algabra. Actually a logic class in the philosophy dept was a killer and helped a lot.
Anything with word problems. The old junior HS if a train going east.... Or the first semester Calc differential equasions. Anything where a problem is stated and a solution has to be found. anything where you have to get from point A to Point B and show how you got there.
Set theory is needed.
The Math learned from "The Dragon" book on compilers was good.
Being able to do hex/octal/binary math is required with debugging sessions and TCP/IP programming.
Where a lack of math failed me:
Not knowing graph theory caused me to write a name space browser for Corba naming services the hard way.
Not having the understanding of basic calculus caused me to have some slow learning when I was working with RF engineers in the Cellular industry. Took days to get though certain research papers. I'm one of those CS grads that almost didn't make it becuase of that damn'd second semester of Integrals.
Cartography and the math behind map representations slowed me down at a job.
If you like to recline, how about a wireless keyboard & mouse with a hospital table holding the monitor so that it can be close enough.
Ikea makes this small computer unit that can sit by the side of your chair.
I worked at Borland years ago and someone at the time used a lazyboy and a hospital table so that the monitor was positioned just right.
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Their site quotes the items patented as follows, with my comment of course:
- "A system for asset management comprised of multiple workareas, each configured to maintain a virtual copy of content as it would appear when published;"
This looks like Microsoft could be pissed if they go after SharePoint.
- "A staging area to which content is submitted from multiple work areas and where any conflicts between content can be resolved;"
This one pisses me off. Every big big automated shop does this in some fashion.
- "Branches and sub-branches (for different projects or initiatives) that contain individual workareas, staging areas, and editions which allows for massively parallel development on a single platform;"
Reminds me of the methods Rational has you use for Development under ClearCase
- "The use of a hierarchical file system and an object repository for representing and hosting content and its structure;"
So are they going to go after every CM product with a metadatabase that is not part of the file itself? PerForce, Clearcase, MS VSS?
- "Virtualization of all content regardless of location as well as Web and application servers - this allows contributors to make changes "in context" of the entire site;"
F5 has an appliance that does this. Clearcase has their multisite solution.
- "The combined concepts of file history, versioning, comparison, and merging as it relates to content, provide an archive of all individual changes as well as collections of changes so they can be versioned and audited"
This one has everyone being sued.
The intent is to protect how they use their metadatabase. Their wording make it look like they can just close shop and make money the old fashioned way, sue for it.
Anyone know who their Patent Attourney is?
There is one feature that Palm should boast that Sony and Handspring don't have.
When a palm runs low on power, it shutsdown and you have about a week to get it recharged.
For sony and handspring, they reset. Very annoying.
I'm hoping for a B&W palm 5 device from palm. Battery life is more important to me than color for my hand helds.
2-3 times a month we get Krispy Kremes. That is the penance for breaking a nightly build. Engineer or build meister. Screw it up and bring in the donuts.
I've been a generalist for the last 21 years. I've worked multiple indiustries, been everything from architect to team lead, grunt, QA and CM Nazi.
Most of what I use is boolean algabra. Actually a logic class in the philosophy dept was a killer and helped a lot.
Anything with word problems. The old junior HS if a train going east.... Or the first semester Calc differential equasions. Anything where a problem is stated and a solution has to be found. anything where you have to get from point A to Point B and show how you got there.
Set theory is needed.
The Math learned from "The Dragon" book on compilers was good.
Being able to do hex/octal/binary math is required with debugging sessions and TCP/IP programming.
Where a lack of math failed me:
If you like to recline, how about a wireless keyboard & mouse with a hospital table holding the monitor so that it can be close enough.
Ikea makes this small computer unit that can sit by the side of your chair.
I worked at Borland years ago and someone at the time used a lazyboy and a hospital table so that the monitor was positioned just right.