Comments on: Microsoft, Eolas settle patent dispute

A years-long legal battle over Web browser technology is over, but neither Microsoft or Eolas is talking about details.

[Dr. StrangeOne]

I think I Beat Doyle to the Idea First

Interesting, an old acquaintance about two years ago sent me a stored copy of a public message by me dated February 4, 1993 highlighting pretty much the entire workings of Eolas patent! At the time I was compiling binaries of Xmosaic, and essentially argued why stop with rendering just still images? let?s go for embedding Apple QuickTime movie format (yep, it was in development then) directly via special HTML tags!!! I argued it was technically feasible and only drawback was lack of bandwidth (in 1993 2400bps was considered fast by the public at large).

Doyle has no claim to being the first to come up with the idea or in developing the technology that enabled it.

[The_Decider]

software patent are BS

every last one.

They are all built on prior art and are rarely novel.

They are however, all obvious.

[RidireBawn]

Awww!

Success has a thousand fathers... Failure is an orphan!

[darrellgreenhouse]

I agree with the "The_Decider."

"If I have seen farther than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."

"If my program works, it is because it has been built upon the bits of other programs."

Granted Doyle has done some very novel and important work; esp. in 3-D visualization, genomic modeling, and cryptography - but 'gimme' a break!

How many companies does Eolas think it can bleed?

I can see some sad consequences if this "shoot em all" litigation spree is allowed to continue!