[ale] OT: Microsoft to patent .NET

[Geoffrey]

Does it surprise you at all??

Wojina writes "Microsoft has applied for a comprehensive patent on what 
appears to be the entire implementation of the .NET CLR (Common Language 
Runtime) and the framework APIs. Microsoft's CLR is an implementation of 
the CLI (submitted to ECMA for standardization). Does this bode ill for 
the Mono project? See the CNET News story." And a chaser: Nept points to 
this interesting Microsoft-funded .NET obfuscation project.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/02/11/0048208.shtml?tid=109&tid=155


Check out the link on the intentional obfuscation project also:

http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/research/areas/progtools/projects/dotnet.html

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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