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Sigh. If you don't see the significant of patents, then you're too stupid to have a debate with. Being semantic while ignoring the bigger picture is something someone does when they don't have a point.
That company has patented concept of an XML schema. Someone needs to take the crack pipes away from the people working at the patent office. Better yet, fire all of them and find people capable of independent thought and research for prior art.
@noisymime - First, i4i would be stupid to try claiming ownership of XML; XML has it roots in SGML which goes back to 1986.Secondly, there is no magical way of reading XML that is "better than anyone else". As has been pointed out, XML is simply a flat file and I guarantee you that parser technology of today is far superior to anything that was out in 1998.That said, i4i are still stupid little patent trolls and I hope there's an Appeals Court Judge out there with the brains to actually understand the realities of this situation. Either that or M$ individually destroy i4i and each of its officers ruthlessly. Either ending is satisfactory.
I doubt it; lawyers and judges have god complexes. They truly believe they are smarter than everyone else even when decisions like this clearly indicate they are little more than monkeys wearing shiny hats and waistcoats while turning the organ-grinder's handle for corporate lobbies.
Why would you feel sorry for MS? Not only do they have their own patents for XML and the like. They even patented the PgUp and PgDn buttons.I don't feel sorry for any company that files patents for stupidly obvious usage of existing technology and then finds them selves the victim of the same stupid behaviour. What goes around comes around. Microsoft have treated other companies and even business partners like crap from day one. Sooner or later that is going to come back and bite you.
Closed AccountAug 13, 2009
You have hit the nail on the head.
bjornskiAug 13, 2009
You've got this trolling thing down to a science. Hats off to you.
Closed AccountAug 14, 2009
Sigh. If you don't see the significant of patents, then you're too stupid to have a debate with. Being semantic while ignoring the bigger picture is something someone does when they don't have a point.
aristotle0dudeAug 16, 2009
That company has patented concept of an XML schema. Someone needs to take the crack pipes away from the people working at the patent office. Better yet, fire all of them and find people capable of independent thought and research for prior art.
Closed AccountAug 25, 2009
I concur. Fake MicroShaft
kestrelAug 26, 2009
@noisymime - First, i4i would be stupid to try claiming ownership of XML; XML has it roots in SGML which goes back to 1986.Secondly, there is no magical way of reading XML that is "better than anyone else". As has been pointed out, XML is simply a flat file and I guarantee you that parser technology of today is far superior to anything that was out in 1998.That said, i4i are still stupid little patent trolls and I hope there's an Appeals Court Judge out there with the brains to actually understand the realities of this situation. Either that or M$ individually destroy i4i and each of its officers ruthlessly. Either ending is satisfactory.
kestrelAug 26, 2009
I doubt it; lawyers and judges have god complexes. They truly believe they are smarter than everyone else even when decisions like this clearly indicate they are little more than monkeys wearing shiny hats and waistcoats while turning the organ-grinder's handle for corporate lobbies.
lavarockAug 26, 2009
*and idiot :)
dubsnipeAug 27, 2009
@t0x2c: not really. Few is only a small number by definition. A concept regarding 3 or 4 is actually this: "three or four."
aikiwolfieAug 31, 2009
Why would you feel sorry for MS? Not only do they have their own patents for XML and the like. They even patented the PgUp and PgDn buttons.I don't feel sorry for any company that files patents for stupidly obvious usage of existing technology and then finds them selves the victim of the same stupid behaviour. What goes around comes around. Microsoft have treated other companies and even business partners like crap from day one. Sooner or later that is going to come back and bite you.