[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Lame patent application of the day
Well, the very purpose of the patent system is to provide inventors a monopoly in exchange for them disclosing their ideas. I don't imagine claim 1 will be granted or defensible if it already has been -- dde + excel server + excel client looks familliar. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Sosnoski [mailto:dms@s...] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:00 PM > To: XML DEV > Subject: Lame patent application of the day > > > Our monopolistic friends at MS have filed for a patent covering > "Application program interface for network software > platform". The links > too long to plug into a wrapping email, but it's linked from the > news.com article at > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984052.html?tag=fd_top > I'm not a legal expert, but it appears to try to cover both > the specific > implementation of the CLR and .NET provided by MS and the concept of > such an interface. It's a good thing these are all "open" standards, > right? :-) > > - Dennis > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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