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

Daniel Miles milesd at cs.colostate.edu
Thu Aug 14 21:55:36 MDT 2003


Wow, that's a pretty serious problem if it sticks... anybody think it
will?

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 14:56, Joshua SS Miller wrote:
> 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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> Joshua SS Miller
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> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 05:53, bill ehlert wrote:
> > ...  i'm sure we'll all be saddened to
> > read about their little $520 million
> > problem ...
> > 
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> > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/08/11/financial1739EDT0263.DTL
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