This post is completely misleading. Whenever you look at a patent, you have to read the "What is claimed" section. In this case the patent very specifically states that in infringing system must be a client-server system involving pricing data, with loadable modules transferred across the network.
Patents are only enforceable if ALL of the claimed ideas are infringed on, not ANY of them. So we are safe to continue using linked lists.
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My Firefox 3 says everything is up to date in the about box.
I composed an overture for Trantor a few years ago: http://stevehanov.ca/trantor.mp3
http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=72
This post is completely misleading. Whenever you look at a patent, you have to read the "What is claimed" section. In this case the patent very specifically states that in infringing system must be a client-server system involving pricing data, with loadable modules transferred across the network. Patents are only enforceable if ALL of the claimed ideas are infringed on, not ANY of them. So we are safe to continue using linked lists.