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Microsoft holds back a few in patent promise

Microsoft holds back a few in patent promiseSome thoughts ..."Assuming, of course, you don't sue them first, in which case all bets are off."Well duh! They have every right to use them defensively, who could blame them for doing just that?"Does that mean Microsoft is getting ready to sue...

Tags: SOAP, Microsoft Corp., XML, Simple Object Access Protocol, patent, Scientigo

Discussion threads 2006-09-15

SCO anagram wants a piece of XML action

As posted by ZDNet's Martin LaMonica, a small company called Scientigo is trying to lay claim to XML, of all things. That's sort of like someone trying to claim royalities from HTML or ASCII usage. Thus, the SOA and Web services world now has its own "SCO." SCO; Scientigo. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Scientigo, SCO Group Inc., XML

Blog posts 2005-10-22

Patent holder plans shakedown of XML users. So, that's everybody, right?

News.com's Martin Lamonica reports that a small company called Scientigo is claiming that its patents on "data in neutral forms" applies to XML and that it will use the patents to extract royalties from companies that use it. According to the report, Scientigo CEO Doyal Bryant said he'd be seeking...

Tags: Scientigo, patent, XML, Doyal Bryant

Blog posts 2005-10-21

Small company makes big claims on XML patents

Small company makes big claims on XML patentsAbolish Software Patents!Software patents are evil and must be abolished, as this piece of news show...Again..We keep seeing stories like this and the morons who support the destructive software patents just can't seem to get it through their thick heads.How much damage must...

Tags: patent, XML, Scientigo, SGML, software

Discussion threads 2005-10-21

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SCO anagram wants a piece of XML

SCO anagram wants a piece of XMLTheir last desperate dying gaspFrom looking at their stock price, they must be close to being delisted. If they take a big fish to court, they either win big or lose. The big fish also loses because they will have to pay...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Jane Consumer, XML, SCO Group Inc., software, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-10-22

XML co-inventor Bray responds to patent assault

XML co-inventor Bray responds to patent assaultThe big companies are going to SCO them...I'm pretty sure I can use "SCO" as a verb meaning:To crush a company that tries to make money off a patent that is either invalid, or has nothing to do with, other another more successful innovation.How...

Tags: patent, XML

Discussion threads 2005-10-21

XML co-inventor Bray responds to patent assault

After seeing the news this morning about how the CEO of Scientigo has plans to extract royalties from those who have implemented the XML specification including Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon (actually, he could probably sue everybody), I asked the man credited with co-inventing XML -- Sun's Tim Bray -- what...

Tags: XML, Tim Bray

Blog posts 2005-10-21