Wortz, Charles
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us
Fri Feb 21 10:52:36 CST 2003
Francisco, But you did agree to their license agreement. Read the fine print and you will see that M$ has put the onus on you, and they claim to be blameless. Charles Wortz Software Development Division Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701-1494 512-463-9493 CWortz at tea.state.tx.us (SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0) -----Original Message----- From: Francisco H Tapia [mailto:my.lists at verizon.net] Sent: Friday 2003 Feb 21 10:44 To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer]theRegister: SQL Server developers face huge royalty bills. How many, how much? And as a consolation prize, I can in turn sue MS for not having disclosed accurate information. sheesh... -Francisco http://rcm.netfirms.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:21 AM Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]theRegister: SQL Server developers face huge royalty bills. How many, how much? : According to my reading, YOU are going to have to fork over a lot of money. : : John W. Colby : Colby Consulting : www.ColbyConsulting.com : : -----Original Message----- : From: dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com : [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco : H Tapia : Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:54 AM : To: dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com : Subject: [dba-SQLServer]theRegister: SQL Server developers face huge : royalty bills. How many, how much? : : : Wow, : According to this MS is going to have to fork over quite a bunch of : money for patent license problems with Timeline... anyone else following the : story? : http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29419.html : : -Francisco : http://rcm.netfirms.com