I have some faith in M$'s ability to appeal things into oblivion. The Net needs to be free to work, and that applies to IE as well. This patent does seem overly broad in that other technologies use sub-programs, why should browsers be so special?
What I wonder about is the impact on CF. What changes would CFMX have to make in order to avoid infringement? Would we have to click a button in order to get file dialogs to pop up, or what? M > -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: No so good news > > > This is the first time they have made public the workarounds > they are discussing. That's what is new. > > Since they have already lost in court, and the judge has not > ruled on a punishment yet, he could potentially order > Microsoft to stop shipping all versions of IE that infringe > on the patent within a month or so from now. If it's any > longer than that, it wont be by much. Of course, the judge > could do that, and then suspend his decision pending the > appeals court decision as well. > > Bottom line is, Microsoft will have to change IE unless Eolas > licenses their patent (not likely) to MS. We will have to > change a bunch of web sites if the judge does not stay his > ruling pending the appeal. At this point, it's all in the > judges hands. Microsoft really can't delay much at this > point...they already delayed this one for years. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, September 12, 2003, 3:20:24 PM, you wrote: > BS> Old news now...and it ain't over till the fat lady sings ;-) > > BS> Just think about the GIF format case...of that guy in the UK > BS> claiming the patent on links...where are they now ;-) > > BS> I'm waiting until there is something "official"...and if > MS has it's > BS> way as usual...that could take years > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
