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This could be the thing to abolish software patents: It's just going to take 1 really big mess of conflicting and overlapping patent battles to get the whole thing tossed out on it's ear.

Patents aren't helping Microsoft or the little guy. They just benifit the lawyers.; Posted by: voska Posted on: 03/08/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Pack up Oracle, M$ Bobby Sskcat | 03/08/04

Will never happen... Mike Cox | 03/08/04

...before 2005 Grimm Reaper | 03/08/04

7.8 IT_User | 03/08/04

8.2 (nt) Letophoro | 03/09/04

?? travisr | 03/09/04

3.7 nucrash | 03/09/04

losing yoru touch... 4.5(nt) ryusen | 03/09/04

Who ARE you really????? SC-man | 03/09/04

Like generic Viagra - mikecoxafailin archerjoe | 03/09/04

Hmmm I wonder why this is happening voska | 03/08/04

excatly JWatson77 | 03/09/04

How bloody sad... Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/04

When do the law suits start? No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Do you stay awake at night thinking about... Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04

That's Bitty for ya.. Bobby Sskcat | 03/08/04

Jose, I don't care if it's open source or not. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

The proof is in your posts... Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04

Sorry, you are wrong. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

That's exactly what I'm talking about, Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04

(NT) Holds breath, waits for reply, turns blue in the meantime :o) Jack-Booted EULA | 03/08/04

I see nothing, show me. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

OK, so they changed the acknowledgement page... Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04

To No_Ax, Re: I see nothing, show me. doe_z | 03/08/04

Does real competition bother you that much? B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04

The real world scares all megalomaniacs Bobby Sskcat | 03/08/04

Typical Exchange brble | 03/08/04

Correction brble | 03/08/04

Even more typical response Bobby Sskcat | 03/08/04

You apparently didn't read my correction brble | 03/08/04

ROFLMAO No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

I posted that before you posted your correction response.. Bobby Sskcat | 03/08/04

re: Even more typical response... Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/04

No, don't leave, just ignore the lower forms. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

If you are serious about a reply, look inside. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

So defend your assertion, cite supporting sources! B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04

Start here. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

How about here? No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Very soon Jay Cash | 03/08/04

Is that really the answer? IT_User | 03/08/04

Didn't say it was, you misunderstand. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

I don't necessarily disagree Jay Cash | 03/08/04

Hope you're wrong IT_User | 03/08/04

Straight from your lips.... No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Patents on DB technology appear to be a mess jfrankcarr | 03/08/04

Absolutely correct... No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

This could be the thing to abolish software patents voska | 03/08/04

On that, we agree 100% No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Your words: "1 really big mess" describe the SCO/Linux situation "to a tee" Plain Logic | 03/08/04

Examples? Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/08/04

Start here. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

The usual Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/08/04

Who said SQL? No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

How about here: No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Lame, Don. Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/08/04

They start.... phorvath2110 | 03/08/04

It's more likely skeptic tank | 03/08/04

don't non profits - get these benifits JWatson77 | 03/08/04

SCO lawsuit is only the beginning Knorthern Knight | 03/08/04

you mean like Eolas? (nt) ryusen | 03/09/04

TimeLine Co everybody? (NT) Ardian Daka | 03/09/04

that's "lawsuit," not "law suit" AtypicalZork | 03/08/04

Thank you Miss Warner. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Remedial English is not his strong suit. B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04

And here I thought you had grown up a little. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

He really did mean... FederalistPaperBoy | 03/08/04

ROTFLMAO B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04

(NT) Maybe, SCO will hire you. Plain Logic | 03/08/04

Mainstream? d_jedi | 03/08/04

Firebird corym@... | 03/09/04

Postgresql already there scott.marlowe@... | 03/11/04

A DB patent may be extreamly hard to defend... nite_w0lf | 03/08/04

Only if you have the finances to challenge it. No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/08/04

Financing. doe_z | 03/08/04

This is like a record number of posts for you Chad_z | 03/09/04

When in doubt, sue the customer jfrankcarr | 03/08/04

(NT) Maybe, SCO will hire you. Plain Logic | 03/08/04

Open source is a terd idnew2012@... | 03/08/04

Message has been deleted. idnew2025@... | 03/08/04

There are a great deal of similarities between Laff | 03/09/04

Experimentation stage? Chad_z | 03/09/04

Yes, will happen more and more. nward@... | 03/09/04

Not only ITCS. doe_z | 03/09/04

Terribly wrong statement cn_z | 03/09/04

Open Source Databases petrasys@... | 03/09/04

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