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That would make these patents the "fathers" of object technology
Except for one thing. The patents, 5,206,951, 5,421,012 and 5,226,161 were filed in 1991, 1995, and 1993 respectively. That means I violated the patents 5 yrs before the first one was filed. No_Ax, you have called yourself a developer and have made references to "30 years ago". If you are any kind of developer, which I doubt, then you have to have violated these patents before they were filed if you have done anything at all substantial before 1991.

Just as Kodak bided its time before filing its suit, others are now biding their time. This suit was settled just a little too fast for something that is at least the same magnitude as plugins (Eolas) and hyperlinks (BT). C++, CORBA, and DCE all predate the earliest of these patents. If you take a little time to actually read these patents, you will see that the worst thing Kodak could have done was to draw attention to them. Do your own research and soon you too might be a believer.
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So much for that patent beng tossed..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
The reality Bit...  Tim Patterson | 10/07/04
Seems silly that they would not appeal...  Patrick Jones | 10/07/04
Seems like...  rapson | 10/08/04
That would make these patents the "fathers" of object technology  Taz_z | 10/07/04
For that to happen someone first has to try it  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
Or, how about this one...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
Pretty fair statement  IT_User | 10/07/04
no one probably did  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
just another example why patents...  Arm A. Geddon | 10/07/04
just another example why open source is scared.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
open souce scared?  Arm A. Geddon | 10/08/04
just who IS open source according to you  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
Ax, give it up...  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/08/04
Actually...  IT_Critic | 10/08/04
you are right  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
su bought these licenses for the same reason  V Sanders | 10/08/04
Ahhh, poor Sun  FilledOut | 10/08/04
Share a moment ...  Ardian Daka | 10/08/04
Surely this is a rip off of DCE!  Nigel Johnstone | 10/08/04
Open Source Java?  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
Huh?  doe_z | 10/08/04
Not just IBM  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
So what does this mean...  rapson | 10/08/04
GPL?  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04

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