Al
I think Leon, I and many others agree this is ''more mess ''
in the Y2K truth or confusion game. Undoubtedly, the merits of
the claim and patent are <?????>, well challengeable.
The question for some will be is it cheaper to pay then defend?
At 05:22 PM 12/2/99 EST, MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
>I had BCC my earlier posting to some people whom I thought might like to know
>about the Analog reference.
>
>Al
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>From: "Leon A. Kappelman" <Kapp@unt.edu>
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>Problems of the global patent system aside for a moment,
>it appears that at best Dickens' claim confounds at least
>two different y2k solution approaches under his use of the
>name "windowing" -- basically windowing and data data file
>conversion. Windowing is a logic only approach and, as
>normally used, does not include either "reformatting" in
>the sense that any 4-digit years are placed or stored
>within the active/working_memory/RAM of the computer or
>writing 4-digit years back into the database.
>
>That the prior existence of the logic of windowing itself
>is clearly documented on page 248 of Ohms' 1986 IBM Systems
>Journal article is without question. As for the steps of a
>file conversion, file conversion utilities (i.e., programs)
>have been doing such things for decades. As far as I can
>tell, Dickens has nothing new here. Of course, I am open
>to further illumination.
>
> Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Business Computer Information Systems
> Associate Director, Center for Quality & Productivity
> College of Business Administration, Univ. of North Texas
> Co-chair, Society for Info. Management Y2K Working Group
> Steering Committee, YES Volunteer Corps (www.iy2kcc.org)
> Voice: 940-565-4698 Fax: 940-369-7623 Email: kapp@unt.edu
> Website: http://www.unt.edu/bcis/faculty/kappelma/
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>On 2 Dec 99, at 13:05, MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
>
>From: MacWheel99@aol.com
>Date sent: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:05:57 EST
>Subject: Re: Dickens 2000 Patent
>To: BPCS-L@midrange.com (BPCS Users Discussion Group)
>
>> As far as I know, my employer has not yet received the
>> Dickens letter ... thankyou IBM for keeping your customer
>> list reasonably confidential, but since it is an open book
>> to your trading partners, how long until a Dickens law suit
>> forces identification of 100% of us?
>>
>> Thanks for the references ... another place Y"all might like
>> to visit for some insight into the complex world of patent
>> disputes is the fact article in the science fact & fiction
>> magazine Analog January 2000 issue on how patent law is
>> being changed thanks to the USA allowing foreign lobbyists
>> to influence the nation's capital & UN treaties & WTO
>> usurping individual nations laws & constitutions at the
>> local state & federal levels.
>>
>> Without me getting into the details here, not all of the
>> nuances I understand anyway, the laws on patents are
>> different in different countries, and the US system is
>> out-of-step with the rest of the world & while we might like
>> how US system has worked for the past 2 centuries, it's
>> democratic uniqueness is not long for this world. We need
>> to be very careful, applying past practicies &
>> understandings how something works, to future expectations,
>> when the whole system is changing.
>>
>> The US Patent system has already had some changes due to
>> this international effort & more are coming. The first
>> change was to have the clock start ticking on patent
>> expiration from time of applying for a patent instead of
>> from time of patent being issued & the article cites a case
>> in which the patent office took 40 years to issue it because
>> the staff did not understand the technology.
>>
>> The doomed US system rewards intellectuals who created
>> inventions, while the one used by most of the rest of the
>> world, such as the Japanese, places inventions totally under
>> the control of large international corporations and their
>> lawyers. 100% of US Nobel Laureates & several other bodies
>> of intellectual leadership have asked for a national debate
>> on the economic infrastructure implications of this change
>> to the US constitution. I did not see anything in the
>> normal media on the topic until Seattle took them by
>> surprise.
>>
>> The article on page 52 is by John D. Trudel who has more
>> info & links on this at his web page www.trudelgroup.com
>>
>> Al Macintyre
>
>
>
Happy Holidays,
Glenn
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