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russotto · 08-08-2003, 08:58 AM

SCO is now looking the juggernaut in the face. Going up to a sleeping dragon, whacking it in the face and kicking it in the balls is NOT a good survival strategy.

IBMs patents look like bullshit. They're a data compression technique -- most of which are patented multiple times, a method of navigating among program menus that use options that are arranged in a graphical tree (puh-lease -- that's been done for over 20 years), a method for verifying that an electronic message was received (yes, electronic return receipt has been patented multiple times as well), and a method for monitoring computing systems that are linked in a cluster (might be legit, might be ridiculously broad). However, as the eBay buy-it-now case proves, bullshit patents fly in the courts.

08-08-2003, 08:58 AM	#13
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	SCO is now looking the juggernaut in the face. Going up to a sleeping dragon, whacking it in the face and kicking it in the balls is NOT a good survival strategy. IBMs patents look like bullshit. They're a data compression technique -- most of which are patented multiple times, a method of navigating among program menus that use options that are arranged in a graphical tree (puh-lease -- that's been done for over 20 years), a method for verifying that an electronic message was received (yes, electronic return receipt has been patented multiple times as well), and a method for monitoring computing systems that are linked in a cluster (might be legit, might be ridiculously broad). However, as the eBay buy-it-now case proves, bullshit patents fly in the courts.