[NCLUG] since we all love and respect M$ so much ...

[J. Paul Reed]

On 11 Aug 2003 at 22:56:20, Joshua SS Miller arranged the bits on my disk to say:

> This looks very bad to me!  Who will they go after next?
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> Eolas says the patent Microsoft was found to have infringed upon is the
> first browser system that allowed for the embedding of small interactive
> programs such as "plug-ins" or "applets," into World Wide Web documents.
> Such programs are central today to online commerce as they power
> everything from banner ads to interactive customer service
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There's an interesting article by Robert Cringely (of PBS's "Revenge of the
Nerds" fame) from about nine MONTHS ago on this:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20021107.html

I love Cringely...

Later,
Paul
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