Hi I think i will have to strongly disagree here. The TCP/IP stack you are talking about is not m$ style one, it is a BSD style stack, the original never worked properly, and was not remotely close to the rfc. Same goes for IE. The html rendering is a long way away from the (rfc), the engine is fast, but a lot of things just dont behave as advertised atall. Sorry to have broken these news so harshly, but i just had a tough day :-( Cheers Szemir
On January 23, 2004 17:15, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote: > Actually...it sounds like typical MS. They will take a technology... and > implement as they see fit. Look at TCP/IP for example. If you look at > MS's implementation of it; it does conform exactly to the RFC. HTML > rendering in IE is another example. It conforms to most of the > standards...but it is still ultimately the way MS wants it to work. > > To be fair to MS...they aren't the only ones who this...nor to make cash > off of patents. Our buddies at IBM do the same thing with regards to > patents and I am sure other companies have "individualized their > implementations of technology"...UNIX would be a good example. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Shawn Grover > > Sent: January 23, 2004 4:08 PM > > To: 'CLUG General' > > Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Microsoft seeking XML Patents > > > > > > Read through the document further... There is mention of Open Office, > > but only in how it reads Microsoft files. It would seem that a > > patent like this > > would mean that Open Office can't use XML for it's files. Then again, I > > don't know Patent Law at all... > > > > Shawn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:55 PM > > To: CLUG (E-mail) > > Subject: [clug-talk] Microsoft seeking XML Patents > > > > > > http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5146581.html?tag=nefd_top > > > > I haven't had the opportunity to read through the full article yet but > > the phrase "The proposed patent would cover methods for an application > > other than the original word processor to access data in the document." > > strikes me > > as being wrong. Doesn't Open Office do this? It already stores it's > > files in an XML format, which can be used by any other application..... > > > > Shawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
