Hi All,
Could this be another TSCOG? I wonder...
-David ("EnragedBeaver", on Groklaw.net) Chipman
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:08:57 -0500
Brian Millett <bmillett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 16:37 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
> > ''Red Hat Faces Patent Infringement Suit
> >
> > Software company FireStar has filed suit against open source seller
> > Red
> > Hat, alleging patent infringement. The suit, filed in the Eastern
> > District of Texas, asserts infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,101,502
> > that is directed to a method of interfacing an object oriented
> > software
> > application with a relational database.
> >
> > ...''
> >
> > http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/06/red_hat_faces_p.html
> >
> > Let's hope that goes nowhere, but it serves as a reminder that the
> > danger from a patent attack is real.
>
> Yep, from http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6101502.html
>
> "A mapping between an object model and a relational database is
> generated to facilitate access to the relational database. The object
> model can be created from database schema or database schema can be
> created from the object model. Further, the mapping can be automatically
> generated. The Database schema, object model and mapping are employed to
> provide interface objects that are utilized by a runtime engine to
> facilitate access to the relational database by object oriented software
> applications."
>
> Now tell me, who has not done this at least 100 times for some project?
> Give me a break!
>
> FYI, from their (Firestar) site: "Under terms of the agreement FireStar
> Software and Microsoft and will be participating in joint marketing and
> sales activities targeting insurance companies faced with issues of
> rapidly developing applications compliant with industry standards"
>
> Ok, now I see where it is coming from.
>
> --
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> Gathering"]
> "Even for an alien, this one is pretty alien."
>
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