"Large companies are not single entities with a single thought process"
But funny how when it comes to legal matters that might work out to its advantage, the whole company acts in unison... I mean, I didn't see anyone else from Unisys breaking away from the prosecution side and join the fight along with the defensive side.
The problem is that SUVs are considered trucks, so they are not required to adhere to the same requirements for other vehicles, including the bumper height.
I think this is deplorable; all street-rated vehicles, regardless of size or weight, should have the same basic requirements for safety.
Surely some dufus company is going to claim it's god and invented this first, and the "examiners" at the PTO will have just rubber-stamped this without any research, as usual...
"It's amazing to me that it's even legal for them to offer Linux licenses before establishing in a court that Linux in fact contains their IP."
And watch the lawsuits file against Darl ('cause SCO will be gone already) once it is determined that it's not legal... Now that would be fun to watch!
The fact that some early patents were lost explains the fact that they now frantically rubber-stamp everything, maybe to try to cover up the lost of the patents, maybe to eliviate their guilt?
'Blog' is really just a buzzword for something that's been around for quite a while. Slashdot is a good example - it's more appropriately called a 'news site' because the stories are shorter, usually more concise, and related to IT news and events.
Really the only difference is that 'blogs' usually stick to only 1 topic or are someone's personal log or views. But they have comments, links, trolls just like everthing else before them.
"They couldn't afford to do business and fight all the legal fights. They essentially got sued out of existence."
That's becoming a far too common theme these days.
True, but if something has too much 'ease of use' then it's usually not powerful enough.
There's a balance that must to struck between the two, and Linux if finally getting there (Knoppix is a good example I think), where the average Windows "don't bother with IRQs and DLLs"-type users can actually start using Linux without a really steep learning curve, or too much trouble installing it.
I don't know, but I think a 13 yr old could just as easily do the simple rubber-stamping of everthing that comes across their desk the PTO is doing at minimum wage
Perhaps not but to someone 'versed in the art' (which this guy certainly was) doing something different with more "clicks" would be obvious. Or if not to him, to someone that saw it. And I don't believe for a second that someone didn't do it (history has proven that, look at how we use computers now), or that this BS application dates from before that!
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I'd love to see it try to open my isight's cover!
But funny how when it comes to legal matters that might work out to its advantage, the whole company acts in unison... I mean, I didn't see anyone else from Unisys breaking away from the prosecution side and join the fight along with the defensive side.
The problem is that SUVs are considered trucks, so they are not required to adhere to the same requirements for other vehicles, including the bumper height.
I think this is deplorable; all street-rated vehicles, regardless of size or weight, should have the same basic requirements for safety.
A copyright violation is alreay illegal.
So does that make the above a double-negative, making it legal?
So, for when the first lawsuit against this?
And watch the lawsuits file against Darl ('cause SCO will be gone already) once it is determined that it's not legal... Now that would be fun to watch!
Yeah, and so is my foot in your face, buddy.
So much for 'evening things out'.
"but who wants to waste cd's and time doing that"
YOu can just use CDRWs
I don't understand this...
He says he won't add MSN support in iChat because it's not an open format.
But then refuses to open up/license the fairplay stuff.
Perhaps he should set the good example by licensing it, or else simply not say anything about what other aren't doing.
Really the only difference is that 'blogs' usually stick to only 1 topic or are someone's personal log or views. But they have comments, links, trolls just like everthing else before them.
"They couldn't afford to do business and fight all the legal fights. They essentially got sued out of existence." That's becoming a far too common theme these days.
There's a balance that must to struck between the two, and Linux if finally getting there (Knoppix is a good example I think), where the average Windows "don't bother with IRQs and DLLs"-type users can actually start using Linux without a really steep learning curve, or too much trouble installing it.
Don't know if it's just a fluke, but anytime I got a 503 with a direct connection, I just tried through a proxy service and I always got through...
"Linux potentially infringes 283 patents" All of which I'll bet already has prior art and have been approved without proper study of said prior art.
There was an article recently about this, and I think it was referenced on slashdot (try doing a search)
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That money's already being wasted in having to hold trials for bogus patents, Troll.
Perhaps not but to someone 'versed in the art' (which this guy certainly was) doing something different with more "clicks" would be obvious. Or if not to him, to someone that saw it. And I don't believe for a second that someone didn't do it (history has proven that, look at how we use computers now), or that this BS application dates from before that!
Better to be pessimistic than totally naive.
I mean, really! WTF! There was a video of a 1960's video of a professor demonstrating the mouse concept. HTF did they miss that??????????
You're not supposed to call Gater (or whatever) spyware, or those suckers will sue!