Re: Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Stephane Mor
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:06:28PM +0100, Christoph Wilhelms wrote: > > Surprise surprise... > > > > http://www.javalobby.org/thread.jsp?forum=61&thread=6843 > > Does this surprise anybody ;)? > M$ is the reason why I did not have intensively dealt with .NET - even it > might be a good technology

RE: Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Xavier Prelat
Thank you Robert, DRAFT2 is the best answer to M$ patenting policy!!! Regards Xavier XP> -Message d'origine- XP> De : Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] XP> Envoye : mercredi 12 fevrier 2003 14:37 XP> A : Jakarta General List XP> Objet : Re: Microsoft att

Re: Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
No it does not mean we can't package things which use .NET. It means practically nothing for us, perhaps validation that the other VM/language is just as unfree and proprietary if not more so than ours. Not sure I'd jump for joy at this though. Christoph Wilhelms wrote: Surprise surprise... ht

Re: Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Nathaniel G. Auvil
The true question will be whether they plan to enfore the patents. Which, looking at their track record and anti-open source position, seems likely. --- Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Surprise surprise... > > http://www.javalobby.org/thread.jsp?forum=61&thread=6843 > >

RE: Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Christoph Wilhelms
> Surprise surprise... > > http://www.javalobby.org/thread.jsp?forum=61&thread=6843 Does this surprise anybody ;)? M$ is the reason why I did not have intensively dealt with .NET - even it might be a good technology... But what does that mean for us? Do we have to unbundle the Ant .NET tasks (e

Microsoft attempts to patent .NET

2003-02-12 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Surprise surprise... http://www.javalobby.org/thread.jsp?forum=61&thread=6843 -- Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) -