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Message #08530
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Thomas Pilgaard Nielsen ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:51:49 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Miller Engine - licensing...--I'm behind dave on this one.
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuse !ME! Bob!!!!!
If I'd ever thought that my aknowledgements of Dave's act would bring suc=
h a rant from
you I may have adressed Dave instead of this forum. Truth is I don't know=
a rats *ss
about I.P. My intention wasn't to adress the problems of I.P. but to give=
my
acknowledgements to Dave for bringing something valuable into the communi=
ty. I see now
that my way of communicating my appreciation and enthusiasm may have been=
somewhat
awkward and clumsy and I apologise for that.
Bob Shannon wrote:
> So by bringing this up, people must be Dave's adversaries, so other lis=
t readers
> can jump
> to his 'side', and proclaim that they are behind him here?
Oh, please!
Regards and have a merry christmas
Cheers,
Thomas
>
>
> Hmmm, so if you see someone who may be making an important (I.P. law IS=
important
> to
> running a business) error, if your on their side, you say nothing about=
it? Is
> that how you
> help people or a business you care about? Maybe only if your a 'patent=
freak'?
>
> You know, I'm one of Dave's customers. I buy components from Solarboti=
cs I
> knowingly
> can but from other suppliers (that I also do business with) at lower pr=
ices.
>
> But it seems that expecting the list readership to get the idea that po=
inting this
> major I.P.
> issue out to Dave and everyone else might have been an act of genuine c=
oncern, a
> friendly
> act, is simply unrealistic.
>
> Happy Hollidays indeed,
>
> Your list 'Grinch'.
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