Andy Updegrove, in his excellent Standards Blog, points out the continuing damage done by microsoft’s exceedingly unethical attempts at getting their incomplete, poorly documented, document spec approved as an ISO standard.
Congratulations, Microsoft. You’ve taken a respected standards body and turned it into paralyzed joke.
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On vacation from 10 October to 7 November. Missing the Gutsy release!!!
The Next Leap for Linux – New York Times
The New Your Times takes a quick look at Ubuntu!
Techdirt: Court Slaps Down Software And Business Model Patents
“The routine addition of modern electronics to an otherwise unpatentable invention typically creates a prima facie case of obviousness.”
“It is thus clear that the present statute does not allow patents to be issued on particular business systems — such as a particular type of arbitration — that depend entirely on the use of mental processes.”
And now some sanity returning to the patent extortion industry. Wonderful step in the right direction.
