[Mono-list] $MS and patents?
Faine, Mark
Mark.R.Faine@msfc.nasa.gov
Tue, 4 Sep 2001 11:55:11 -0500
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Another major area of concern for Microsoft is its .Net initiative.
Microsoft plans to fiercely protect its intellectual property rights in the
face of open source projects designed to emulate .Net. The most notable is
the Mono project led by Ximian that is attempting to port the .Net framework
to Linux.
"We welcome the .Net endorsement, but the challenge will be if they can make
it happen within a framework where our intellectual property is respected,"
says Microsoft's Miller.
Experts say Microsoft won't let any .Net Linux projects get past the test
stage.
From: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0831mslinuxw.html
<http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0831mslinuxw.html>
"You won't see an open source project emulating .Net get off the ground
because Microsoft will shut it down with patents," says Gary Hein, an
analyst with The Burton Group. "They are letting these projects go forward
now because they give the idea that there won't be a lock-in to Microsoft
later on."
Just interested in how you would answer this?
_____________________________________
Mark Faine
Computer Programmer III/MTRS Administration
Lesco/MSFC
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another major area of concern for Microsoft is its
.Net initiative. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Microsoft plans to fiercely protect its intellectual
property rights in the face of open source projects designed to emulate .Net.
The most notable is the Mono project led by Ximian that is attempting to port
the .Net framework to Linux. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"We welcome the .Net endorsement, but the challenge
will be if they can make it happen within a framework where our intellectual
property is respected," says Microsoft's Miller. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Experts say Microsoft won't let any .Net Linux
projects get past the test stage. </FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=865105116-04092001><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: <A
href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0831mslinuxw.html">http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0831mslinuxw.html</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=865105116-04092001>"</SPAN>You
won't see an open source project emulating .Net get off the ground because
Microsoft will shut it down with patents," says Gary Hein, an analyst with The
Burton Group. "They are letting these projects go forward now because they give
the idea that there won't be a lock-in to Microsoft later on."
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=865105116-04092001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just interested in how
you would answer this?</FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN class=865105116-04092001><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>_____________________________________</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mark Faine</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Computer Programmer III/MTRS Administration</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Lesco/MSFC</FONT>
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