On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:29:02 GMT, Sinister Midget wrote:
> On 2006-09-18, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>> Once again, Roy, you lie with your subject title. There's no skepticism
>> over Microsoft's patent assertion, it's being welcomed by the open source
>> community, as the real subject of the title says.
>>
>> Here's the part you didn't quote:
>>
>> "Long-time Microsoft enemies are taking a positive stance on the vendor's
>> latest pledge not to assert its patent portfolio against a group of 38 web
>> services specifications and their implementations."
>
> But Phipps warned that the Microsoft document contains some
> loopholes that could allow its lawyers to file legal patent claims.
That's not skepticism.
> "I assume that Microsoft will look into all of those," Phipps wrote.
> "Let's hope they go back and apply them in the other areas where we
> are all in doubt."
That's also not skepticism about the patent assertion.
> Speaking of being selective.......
Not at all. There was *NOTHING* in that article that was skeptical.
> Anyway, the title is to an original post. I could, for example, start
> one that deals with XEN and title it:
>
> [NEWS] Erik F. is a weasel
>
> It would be true, though not related to the content in the remainder of
> the post.
Now that's outright dishonest of you.
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