Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> A Lesson In Critical Reading
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> | Personally, I think that if Microsoft ever does starts with a patent
> | smackdown, it won't be 235 patents, it'll be two or three, the strongest
> | ones they can find, and 90 minutes after the plaintiff(s) is/are served the
> | infringing code will be history, and we'll go back to living our lives as
> | normal.
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> http://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/general/a_lesson_in_critical_reading.html
Ignoring the irony of Microsoft accusing others of stealing *their*
ideas (LOL!), I think the above is an excellent point. Whatever
"methods" Microsoft believes they have some exclusive rights to, are
unlikely to be particularly fundamental to the core of the
functionality. Or IOW, remove the offending "idea" and replace it with
some equally trivial alternative ... problem solved.
I still say that even if Sweaty isn't just pulling numbers out his arse,
the impact is likely to be minimal.
Of course I'm sure Sweaty will return the favour by allowing us to audit
*Microsoft's* sources, right?
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| shortening of the much more commonly used "PCI Express".'
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