> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Warner Mach > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:43 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones > > Charles Mills wrote: > > >I don't think so (but I'm not a patent attorney). If you can put your > hand > >on a Bible and swear that you did not think you were infringing, then > it's > >not willful infringement, AFAIK. > > I see where google has just released a search facility to search > patents. > This would, presumably, include software patents(?). Search seven > million > patents and be sure: > > http://www.google.com/patents
And I wish patent 5815096 never happened, for several reasons, including those that I previously mentioned. Jeffrey D. Smith Principal Product Architect Farsight Systems Corporation 700 KEN PRATT BLVD. #204-159 LONGMONT, CO 80501-6452 303-774-9381 direct 303-484-6170 FAX http://www.farsight-systems.com/ comments are invited on my encryption project ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html