I believe that was the crux of the situation, Sun did find prior art from a whitepaper or presentation that pre-dates WAFL. I think if they had not settled, NetApp would have been in a ton more trouble than Sun Oracle.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: unixcons...@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: russell <str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 12:08:53 PM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] NetApp and Oracle settle patent dispute over ZFS Hi, Given that computer software is just a series of mathematical operations expressed in a form that can be interpreted by a processor, I find the whole concept of software patents less than original. Would it not be in the best interests of those individuals and organisations using ZFS to find prior art and invalidate the NetApp patents by submission of information to the USPO anyway to prevent any future litigation. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
