Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?

hexene writes "The W3C have issued an initial statement on the recent court case of Eolas v. Microsoft in regards to US Patent 5,838,906. The patent relates to the embedding of objects in hypermedia documents, and Microsoft has indicated they will have to make changes to Internet Explorer as a result of the ruling. There may also be far-reaching effects to both other web browser vendors and page authors. Check out the public mailing list to discuss the various issues." See the previous Eolas story for background.

eolas?

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't that a character from LoTR? What's he doing messing with my IE?!

Barry Bonds patent

[BarryBondsTroll]

I heard Barry Bonds was attempting to obtain a patent for his amazing hitting technique. Supposedly Ted William's frozen head is claiming prior art, but I feel that Bonds will ultimately prevail, as possession is 9/10 of the law.

This might be a good thing

[Dog and Pony]

If this means the end of overdesigned, shiny and glittery flash sites, and sites that demand IE because they want to use Active X objects etc, then I'm all for it.

I'm not hostile to new technology and all that, but these technologies are so frequently abused so anything that will lessen it will be a good thing.

I think I'm in trouble

[Anonymous Coward]

Does that mean when I'm embed I have to pay money? I mean I understand having to do that with hookers and stuff but what about with my girlfriend? I thought they were free.

Re:Do you think this is just a setup?

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe if they're planning to take them over after they win. Microsoft: "Awww you won, well there's no possible way we'd be able to operate if we had to license all of this IP from you. How about we buy you out for LOTS of money?" Eolas: "Who are you talking to? You know we allready agree..." MS: "Shut up! I want them to hear this." *tap* *tap* "Is this thing on?"

software patents are bad... mmmmmk

[Anonymous Coward]

remember kids, the enemy of my enemy can still be a freaking jerk.

Re:Result of Lawsuit: Hypocrisy

[spitzak]

Hey stupid, before you troll, you might actually try reading what the "slashbots" are posting. I would say 95% of them are against these patents.

Re:You would think...

[Anonym0us Cow Herd]

SCO's revenue source is Microsoft making donations to its legal fund, errrrr, licensing Unix and Linux.

True, but... Red Hat and IBM has asked for court to shut SCO's loud mouth until trial in April 2005. The combined effect is that the FUD will stop. SCO can't spread fud, and it is inevitable that SCO will loose in court, which they now can't back out of -- without a settlement being reached. So Microsoft can pay as much as they want, but if SCO can't spread FUD, then what is the point.


KFG

You misspelled KFC.

Re:Hypermedia, embedding obvious - (mini-rant)

[pboulang]

Ok, let me get this straight... did you just make a slur on dumbasses by calling them "duh-masses"? Isn't dumbasses a strong enough term?

Congratulations on taking it to the next level by calling dumb people dumb. I am highly entertained.

Re:That stinks.

[BetterThanCaesar]

.WAR

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing!

Re:You are both right

[Blkdeath]

Also is there an open source problem here, for instance let us say that MSFT agrees to pay royalites to allow their web browser to continue to work correctly, then the company claims that browsers such as Mozillia must also pay royalities?

I for one commit to paying upwards of 25% of the purchase price of the Mozilla Web Browser to this upstanding Intellectual Property organization.

IE 7

[RedHat_Linux_Man]

Microsoft is sorry for any harm it has caused by using other's Intellectual Property. Our reparation to all affected by our behavior is the new Internet Explorer 7. In it, we have removed all patent-infringing code that was present in previous versions. We are also proud to announce that the new version is 100% bug free, totally secure, and never crashes.

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