> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 1:42 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: No so good news > > There is a very important point for people to realize. There really > isn't any good reason why Microsoft would want to win this case. For > them, it would be much better to not support plug-ins, so their > competitors plug-ins are screwed e.g. Real Player, QuickTime, Flash, > Java, etc. Since Microsoft has IE there is no reason why Windows Media > Player has to be a plug-in; it could just be integrated directly into > IE itself.
If it were still available as a stand-alone application - which it would pretty much have to be - it would still be covered by the patent as it would be automatically launching executable code from a hyper-text environment. MS stands to lose just as much (potentially more) as anybody in this: should they lose much of their technology also becomes suspect: OLE, COM, ActiveX, .NET and so forth. This would mean rebuilding not just IE, but also potentially Office, all of their reference products (Encarta, Streets and Trips, etc) ALL of MSN and all of the properties under it (MSNBC, CarPoint, Expedia, TerraServer, etc), it also seems that any VBA-enabled hyper-text applications would fall into the realm. There are plenty of nice big, fat reasons why MS doesn't want to lose this case. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
