Comments on: Here we go again…. http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2006/11/20/here-we-go-again/ Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Closson http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2006/11/20/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4081 Kevin Closson Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:19:52 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2006/11/20/here-we-go-again/#comment-4081 I think it is going to shake things up a lot. Maybe Oracle's Unbreakable indemnification will help? See: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/unbreakable-indemnification-20/ I think it is going to shake things up a lot. Maybe Oracle’s
Unbreakable indemnification will help? See:

http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/unbreakable-indemnification-20/

]]> By: stoolpigeon http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2006/11/20/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4072 stoolpigeon Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:17:22 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2006/11/20/here-we-go-again/#comment-4072 I think most of what MS has taken was bsd stuff, so it is on the up and up (though they've been caught numerous times stealing closed source stuff) but i think they will have a good chance at finding some software patents that have been violated, since such patents are incredibly broad. what will linux do if say MS is able to enforce a double-clicking type patent in court? you can't just change the code, you have to develop a new kind of interface. I think most of what MS has taken was bsd stuff, so it is on the up and up (though they’ve been caught numerous times stealing closed source stuff) but i think they will have a good chance at finding some software patents that have been violated, since such patents are incredibly broad. what will linux do if say MS is able to enforce a double-clicking type patent in court? you can’t just change the code, you have to develop a new kind of interface.

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