Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

Hey people, watch what you eat:

"Yes, folks, Menusaver holds the patent, awarded in December 1999, for the
"sealed crustless sandwich." Patent No. 6,004,596 states: "The sandwich
includes a lower bread portion, an upper bread portion, an upper filling and
a lower filling between the lower and upper bread portions, a center filling
sealed between the upper and lower fillings, and a crimped edge along an
outer perimeter of the bread portions for sealing the fillings therebetween
. . ."

Bay City Times news section of Michigan Live (www. mlive.com/ news/) on Jan.
20

Before you bite, send your royalties to...

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carel Teijgeler" <COTeijgeler@chello.nl>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax
?)


> --
> At 19:12 21-8-01, you wrote:
>
> > > The last I heard, IBM files more patents each year then just about any
> > > other company on earth.
> > >
> > > The purpose of a patent is to announce your idea -and- protect it from
> > > anyone else using it.
> >
> >most patents are filed to prevent anybody from using the idea, even
> >if you yourself have no intentions of using it. Just to kill innovation
that
> >might be a future threat to you.
>
> In that case MicroSoft should file a patent on Open Source immediately.
>
> Carel Teijgeler
>
> --
>
>
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