At 05:47 PM 9/5/2003, David N. Welton wrote: >"Noel J. Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> NO ONE should be permitted to have IP rights over public >> infrastructure standards, except for the body charged with >> protecting them for the public. Open Standards must be just that: >> OPEN. > >Oh, I wholeheartedly agree! I just wanted to point out that these >guys aren't necessarily a bunch of money-grubbers out to squeeze >anyone they can get their hands on.
"<http://www.eolas.com/>Eolas Technologies, a University of California spin-off with one employee, no products, a <http://www.eolas.com/technology.html>handful of patents and 100 investors, on Monday <http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5062409.html?tag=nl>prevailed in its $521 million patent-infringement suit against Microsoft." http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5063444.html The question comes down to the one guy and 100 investors (or the majority shareholders. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
