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Patents are a MESS  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Another way of putting it  IT_User | 02/12/04
Did you just arrive from another planet?  km4hr@... | 02/12/04
MS has used  michael-t | 02/12/04
They DID learn a new trick, PATENTS!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Must not have been around long  zd-spam | 02/12/04
Squash all competition? No, just open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Trust them - LOL  Update victim | 02/13/04
Now that everybody has weighed in...  IT_User | 02/13/04
i plan to patent  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Let see  michael-t | 02/12/04
Hold on a minute!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
maybe  ryusen | 02/12/04
It is strange that  michael-t | 02/12/04
what...patents arent important  jimk_z | 02/12/04
How can you patent the already obsolete?  jorwell | 02/13/04
Huh? Their schema isn't obsolete.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
No it is XML that is already obsolete  jorwell | 02/13/04
You really need to look at Longhorn.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I hope so...  jorwell | 02/14/04
One thing you can count on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I know what to do. Not like this isn't done all the time anyway...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
How do you license GPL'ed code?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Yes, EVERYONE has the right to use it freely...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
And that's why it won't happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
How?  Update victim | 02/13/04
Don't see how that would work at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Open source is currently...  IT_User | 02/13/04
On a level playing field that might happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Large or small corporations  IT_User | 02/13/04
XML and OTHER LANGUAGES  Update victim | 02/13/04
Like it or not, the patent was granted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04

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