(new) Patent Wars and Antitrust

foot-shoot-self - (Steve Lowe) - (9) - May 29, 2002, 12:23:41 PM EDT

Please note: "nothing in writing" - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - May 29, 2002, 01:11:27 PM EDT

Agree and disagree... - (jb4) - (5) - May 29, 2002, 02:10:28 PM EDT

Which is why Microsoft needs to move quickly . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - May 29, 2002, 09:59:48 PM EDT

But if they move too quickly... - (jb4) - (3) - May 30, 2002, 09:20:25 AM EDT

Yes, that's the bind they are in. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - May 30, 2002, 10:58:48 AM EDT

Micros~1 Damage Control == oxymoron - (jb4) - May 30, 2002, 02:22:38 PM EDT

Have we done our duty today? - (Ashton) - May 30, 2002, 11:28:02 PM EDT

er, if you don't mind - (kmself) - (1) - May 29, 2002, 11:40:38 PM EDT

heh, sorry Karsten :-) -NT - (Steve Lowe) - May 30, 2002, 12:00:54 AM EDT

Do the 9 want to win? - (andread) - (16) - May 25, 2002, 01:39:12 PM EDT

The Reg's take on WinXP SP1. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 25, 2002, 02:30:34 PM EDT

MS strikes again? - (andread) - May 26, 2002, 10:16:14 AM EDT

Microsoft isn't removing a damned thing. - (Andrew Grygus) - May 25, 2002, 03:46:45 PM EDT

Sorry, "Andrea" dear, but you're still coming off as a $hill - (CRConrad) - (12) - May 27, 2002, 11:28:58 AM EDT

Kinda disappointed, here. - (Ashton) - (9) - May 27, 2002, 09:01:23 PM EDT

A point missed during all the venting - (andread) - (7) - May 28, 2002, 08:06:13 AM EDT

Points of view. - (static) - (2) - May 28, 2002, 09:02:26 AM EDT

Product dumping . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 28, 2002, 02:21:28 PM EDT

Ah. But of course. - (static) - May 28, 2002, 10:42:19 PM EDT

The problem is - (imric) - May 28, 2002, 09:42:45 AM EDT

You're still missing the MAIN point, in all your $hilling: - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 28, 2002, 12:02:36 PM EDT

Precisamente O Oracular One: - (Ashton) - May 28, 2002, 02:31:24 PM EDT

Would there have been a trial if MS hadn't done anything wro - (Brandioch) - May 28, 2002, 03:42:15 PM EDT

Alas, I suspect it'll be the latter (option in parentheses). -NT - (CRConrad) - May 28, 2002, 11:34:09 AM EDT

cant be schill, regae listener - (boxley) - (1) - May 28, 2002, 03:53:03 PM EDT

Re: cant be schill, regae listener - (andread) - May 29, 2002, 06:57:32 PM EDT

Yup, just like I said . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (45) - May 23, 2002, 09:45:48 AM EDT

I disagree with your take on RedHat - (drewk) - (43) - May 23, 2002, 12:21:32 PM EDT

You can get someone else to support . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (42) - May 23, 2002, 12:49:37 PM EDT

Now I see what you're getting at - (drewk) - (32) - May 23, 2002, 01:11:08 PM EDT

Depends on your definition of broad, and . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (31) - May 23, 2002, 03:21:08 PM EDT

point 4 - (boxley) - May 23, 2002, 03:28:31 PM EDT

Re; built-in flexibilty - (tjsinclair) - (29) - May 23, 2002, 04:01:19 PM EDT

Maybe you should... - (jb4) - (28) - May 24, 2002, 02:23:04 PM EDT

Programming at the coalface with that attitude. - (static) - (27) - May 24, 2002, 10:43:21 PM EDT

Variable variables are bad - (ben_tilly) - (25) - May 25, 2002, 12:08:43 AM EDT

They are open to incredible abuse, yes. - (static) - (24) - May 25, 2002, 07:52:09 AM EDT

I see that as a self-inflicted problem - (ben_tilly) - (23) - May 25, 2002, 11:56:45 AM EDT

I am not unaware of the risks. - (static) - (3) - May 26, 2002, 10:35:49 PM EDT

The main reason for our difference... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - May 26, 2002, 11:18:21 PM EDT

*grin* -NT - (static) - May 27, 2002, 12:29:49 AM EDT

ROFL! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 27, 2002, 10:02:30 AM EDT

What do you think about this situation - (drewk) - (18) - May 28, 2002, 10:57:09 AM EDT

You are now dependent on your table structure - (ben_tilly) - (17) - May 28, 2002, 06:46:35 PM EDT

Should have been more explicit - (drewk) - (16) - May 29, 2002, 09:42:36 AM EDT

I would not be comfortable with that! - (ben_tilly) - (15) - May 29, 2002, 11:39:36 AM EDT

Yes, I am doing things I didn't show - (drewk) - (14) - May 29, 2002, 11:53:39 AM EDT

You're stopping short of a better solution. - (static) - (13) - May 29, 2002, 10:25:54 PM EDT

6 of one, 1/2-dozen of the other - (drewk) - (12) - May 30, 2002, 09:56:00 AM EDT

Slightly bigger difference - (ben_tilly) - (11) - May 30, 2002, 11:50:47 PM EDT

I must be missing something - (drewk) - (10) - May 31, 2002, 09:14:47 AM EDT

I know what you're overlooking. - (static) - (7) - June 1, 2002, 01:03:47 AM EDT

That could be nasty - (drewk) - (6) - June 4, 2002, 09:26:11 AM EDT

I don't know. - (static) - (5) - June 4, 2002, 06:16:32 AM EDT

Out of curiousity - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 4, 2002, 09:07:57 AM EDT

I don't know. - (static) - June 5, 2002, 07:01:46 AM EDT

So PHP supports hashes? - (drewk) - (2) - June 4, 2002, 09:27:42 AM EDT

Yes. It does. - (static) - (1) - June 5, 2002, 07:00:02 AM EDT

Blinding flash of the obvious - (drewk) - June 5, 2002, 09:33:11 AM EDT

Stupid question? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 3, 2002, 07:29:53 PM EDT

Why there's names to avoid - (drewk) - June 4, 2002, 09:24:45 AM EDT

Agreed - (tjsinclair) - May 25, 2002, 10:57:53 AM EDT

Red Hat goes for Software Patents - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - May 26, 2002, 02:57:37 PM EDT

I trust them for now - (ben_tilly) - (7) - May 26, 2002, 03:02:33 PM EDT

Let's just suppose . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 26, 2002, 03:41:55 PM EDT

I did say, "for now" - (ben_tilly) - May 26, 2002, 03:55:17 PM EDT

Re: I trust them for now - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - May 27, 2002, 10:21:40 AM EDT

Many patents lie dormant, until . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 27, 2002, 11:12:04 AM EDT

I am aware of that - (ben_tilly) - (2) - May 27, 2002, 11:22:02 AM EDT

I'm with Ben -- RH's patents may be good - (kmself) - (1) - May 27, 2002, 06:41:10 PM EDT

Doverai ni proverai, perhaps. - (Ashton) - May 27, 2002, 09:12:58 PM EDT

our buddy viewtouch must be thrilled -NT - (boxley) - May 23, 2002, 12:24:47 PM EDT

Microsoft and the DoD - (morganek) - (3) - May 23, 2002, 12:29:32 AM EDT

Static's link to this, goes to heart of the argument - (Ashton) - (2) - May 23, 2002, 03:08:14 AM EDT

The PHB way - (Andrew Grygus) - May 23, 2002, 09:59:09 AM EDT

We'll have to see. . . - (morganek) - May 23, 2002, 11:31:25 AM EDT

Gartner Group to MS customers; Warning! - (Silverlock) - (5) - May 22, 2002, 10:28:25 AM EDT

111% - (jbrabeck) - (3) - May 22, 2002, 12:42:27 PM EDT

Ahem.. well that last 38% - (Ashton) - (2) - May 22, 2002, 05:57:06 PM EDT

I do find it remarkable. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 22, 2002, 06:09:05 PM EDT

Re: .NET is actually a good story - (dmarker2) - May 22, 2002, 08:30:09 PM EDT

Are you all blind? - (Silverlock) - May 22, 2002, 11:16:24 PM EDT

Dubya's boys meddling with EURO case ?? - (Ashton) - (3) - May 21, 2002, 05:49:17 AM EDT

Now that Windows is oficially DoJ spyware . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 21, 2002, 06:11:15 AM EDT

They're protecting... - (jb4) - May 21, 2002, 09:27:33 AM EDT

Not to worry. Meddling will only piss off the Euros! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 21, 2002, 09:42:11 PM EDT

Allchin: Windows code too awful to reveal - (marlowe) - (6) - May 20, 2002, 06:45:29 PM EDT

Working on it's reputation for security. - (imric) - (4) - May 20, 2002, 07:04:51 PM EDT

My question is - (Steven A S) - (3) - May 21, 2002, 11:38:41 AM EDT

Well, Duh... - (hnick) - (1) - May 21, 2002, 01:14:41 PM EDT

That's a *Good* quote! - (static) - May 22, 2002, 01:57:22 AM EDT

My answer is - (wharris2) - June 4, 2002, 01:31:58 PM EDT

Does everyone recall Monty Python's - (Ashton) - May 22, 2002, 04:10:34 AM EDT

Microsoft to invest $1B in XBox gaming network - (bluke) - (9) - May 20, 2002, 10:57:26 AM EDT

*chuckle* - (imric) - (2) - May 20, 2002, 11:33:41 AM EDT

August release date - (SpiceWare) - May 20, 2002, 12:32:43 PM EDT

*chuckle*^2 - (bbronson) - May 20, 2002, 02:20:53 PM EDT

Downfall? - (Andrew Grygus) - May 20, 2002, 11:43:34 AM EDT

EA's supporting PS2 online, but not XBOX - (SpiceWare) - (4) - May 20, 2002, 12:06:00 PM EDT

Microsoft is in a jam - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - May 20, 2002, 01:00:59 PM EDT

I wish that many of your summaries were more widely - (Ashton) - May 20, 2002, 08:44:30 PM EDT

Dead on - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:42:09 AM EDT

I hope you are right - (ben_tilly) - May 21, 2002, 12:16:05 AM EDT

M$ poises at an inflection point (?) at $56 - (Ashton) - May 18, 2002, 12:18:00 AM EDT

MS loses another round in Lindows case - (Silverlock) - (1) - May 17, 2002, 10:13:54 AM EDT

Ah, I love being pleasantly surprised! -NT - (imric) - May 17, 2002, 10:44:05 AM EDT

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