- From: Martin C S Gauffin <moment@svansmoj.ctrl-c.liu.se>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:39:00 +0100 (WET DST)
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Do you remember what happened to GIF as a format? Everyone used it, but as the patent was called and it started to cost, it virtually vanished within a month. I can see a future where IIS is the dominating, not to say only, patented standard and as such endorsed to the level of annihilating relevant competition. Correct me if I am wrong, but I saw nothing requiring the availability of a patented such 'standard; to anyone wishing to use it. A selfdestructive move would be to force the implementation of one quasi-standard that requires enough money for use, and thus another defacto standard which with time becomes the actual one, implying the redundancy of the orgtanization behind the first. /Martin "Aah, 0.47...definitely my favourite sin(x)." - A. Pun UNSOLICITED COMMERICAL EMAIL SUCJECT TO $500 ARCHIVAL FEE
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