[dba-SQLServer]MS loses SQL server patent licensing claim

Quite possibly you are correct, and I didn't read the fine print.  However
things like this stuck in my mind:

".every Microsoft customer, including ISVs, VARs, and corporate end users,
who wished to customize SQL Server by adding code or product to meet the
specific needs of users would have been required to purchase a license from
Timeline to do so. Given the basic design and intended purpose and use of
SQL Server . the potential economic benefit to Timeline would have been
staggering. .(That economic benefit would be) from the future sale of
licenses to essentially all of Microsoft's SQL Server customers."

Stuart



----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]MS loses SQL server patent licensing claim


> Not that I'm a lawyer, but the ruling seems to concern data marts
> specifically, to wit their design and use. I don't see how Office is
> affected. As for SQL Server, I would guess that if the ruling holds there
> will be another version, in which Analysis Services is no longer part of
the
> product. This could pave the way for more sales by some of the third-party
> vendors such as ESSBase, Red Brick and Platinum.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> Sanders
> Sent: February 24, 2003 4:30 AM
> To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-SQLServer]MS loses SQL server patent licensing claim
>
> Don't know if this will affect anyone on this list.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29419.html
>
>
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