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Microsoft loses Excel patent case
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| 6/7/05
| John Oates
Posted on 06/09/2005 3:54:28 AM PDT by Salo
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To: snowsislander
I think Microsoft was likely right: this patent sounds bogus. I think so too, but then again I think all software patents longer than two years are bogus..
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06/10/2005 9:43:45 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
To: LIConFem
Hey now, excel is one of the things they do better than anyonhe (if you use it for the right purpose). Access on the otherhand..
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posted on
06/10/2005 9:44:55 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
To: N3WBI3
"Access on the otherhand..
Ah, Access... If Fisher Price made an RDBMS, it'd look just like Access! ;o)
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posted on
06/10/2005 9:55:32 AM PDT
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LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: Paul C. Jesup
Thats a great point; will companies that become dependent on something that may have been stolen will have to rip it out if the court settlement only award monetary damages and does not transfer the right to the software vendor?
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posted on
06/10/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
Yea, The only two really good products in that whole office sweet are excel and Powerpoint..
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:03:12 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
To: LIConFem
Dont come down on Fisher Price like that their little toy database would be much more useful than Microsoft's..
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:04:49 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
To: N3WBI3
Probably so. But I'd still be an Oracle fan :o)
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:06:59 AM PDT
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LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: LIConFem
Ya know SQL server is not even all that bad, in fact its a pretty darn good RDB, what MS should so is replace access with a version of SQL that is limited in size..
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:10:31 AM PDT
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N3WBI3
To: N3WBI3
Thats a great point; will companies that become dependent on something that may have been stolen will have to rip it out if the court settlement only award monetary damages and does not transfer the right to the software vendor?
Could be a little more detailed, I am not sure which parts of the above statement are talking about the defendant, the seller and the buyer.
To: N3WBI3
Looks like your personal attack on me (was just above) got deleted by the mods. I didn't report it either, FYI.
Ya know SQL server is not even all that bad, in fact its a pretty darn good RDB
The MS SQL "enterprise manager" was light years ahead of anything Oracle had when it came out. We dumped our Oracle systems shortly after tests showed those PC servers could handle the same load at a fraction of the cost. Might not work for everyone, but it sure has for us.
To: N3WBI3
delete from product_table where company_name = "Microsoft" and product_name = "Access";
Or...
select * from product_table where company_name = "Microsoft" and known_bugs = 0;
0 row(s)
;o)
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:21:37 AM PDT
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LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I do wish it would allow more than 65,000 rows, though.Now thats interesting! I had no idea there was a limit.... going to use that tidbit to impress my coworkers.
To: operation clinton cleanup
Scvroll down for a few minutes. (or do ctrl + end)
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posted on
06/10/2005 10:43:54 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I'll agree with the others that said you likely would be happier in a database.
You could build a test version in Filemaker pretty easily and you can fiddle a lot with your functionality. It may even handle your job fast enough. If not you'd have specified and tested your structure, functionality and interface.
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posted on
06/27/2005 2:50:03 AM PDT
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D-fendr
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