In the US, patents are awarded based on (among other things) the date of invention, not the date of the application. So, in this case, it will come down to who can prove they had it first.
That's why US corporations are big on leaving a paper trail in their R&D departments. They want to prove in court they invented something first.
In most other countries a patent is awarded based on the application date.
If you've highly customized instance of Apache, the configuration API changes make it expensive to upgrade.
You can stay in the old branch or spend hours figuring out how to do the same thing with the latest version. People take the old until they need new features in the new version.
The good news is that Apache is stressing that configuration/public APIs need to be more stablea across versions. Thank you!
DO NOT SUE!
This takes a great amount of time, money (unless you get paid a lot of cash, few lawyers will agree to work for a contingency fee), and emotional energy.
Besides, future employers are very likely to find out about your past litigious behavior. Such people have a VERY difficult time getting hired. Companies aren't stupid; in this case, they know lightning may very well strike twice...
Besides, we live in a country that is far too quick to sue. Suck it up! [directed at the people who suggested suing, not the original poster] If you don't like your job, quit and find a better one.
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You're right. Additionally...
The type of user that knows enough to install such a tool will be the same user that wouldn't be fooled in the first place.
Vice versa: a user that doesn't know about phishing and would get fooled is also the user that doesn't understand why such a toolbar would be useful!
The compliance overhead for this law must be huge. Spend $2 on enforcing a tax that collects $1.
Then again, the state government gets more employees AND more revenue. Sounds just what the govt. wants!
In the US, patents are awarded based on (among other things) the date of invention, not the date of the application. So, in this case, it will come down to who can prove they had it first.
That's why US corporations are big on leaving a paper trail in their R&D departments. They want to prove in court they invented something first.
In most other countries a patent is awarded based on the application date.
So much of the company's value is in its claim to Unix/Linux and so little in its actual products. If the suit fails, SCO will go.
Sell!
If you've highly customized instance of Apache, the configuration API changes make it expensive to upgrade.
You can stay in the old branch or spend hours figuring out how to do the same thing with the latest version. People take the old until they need new features in the new version.
The good news is that Apache is stressing that configuration/public APIs need to be more stablea across versions. Thank you!
DO NOT SUE! This takes a great amount of time, money (unless you get paid a lot of cash, few lawyers will agree to work for a contingency fee), and emotional energy. Besides, future employers are very likely to find out about your past litigious behavior. Such people have a VERY difficult time getting hired. Companies aren't stupid; in this case, they know lightning may very well strike twice... Besides, we live in a country that is far too quick to sue. Suck it up! [directed at the people who suggested suing, not the original poster] If you don't like your job, quit and find a better one.