From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Byte sex confusion
Date: 1997/05/10
Date: 1997-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.863257976@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33733B21.59E2B600@spam.innocon.com
Jeff Carter says
<<A simple solution is to convert everything into a standard
representation, and have portable conversion routines to and from that
representation.>>
Note that this approach risks stepping on a patent that is held by
the Mark Williams company. The validity of this patent has not been
established by litigation, but my understanding is that it has been
the basis of some significant negotiations.
This is one of many highly surprising patents in the software field.
Pity Greg Aharonian is not around, this is one area that he *does*
know something about :-)
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-07 0:00 Byte sex confusion Steven O'Neill
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Steve Sciance
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
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