Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 20:01:48 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-186-87.kscymo.swbell.net> To: johnmpurser@home.com Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Amazon's patent, lawsuit, and boycott Message-ID: <200003020201.UAA14646@ppp-207-193-186-87.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <000801bf8393$a3a82480$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>
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In reply: > Good morning, > > The last time I was out at the O'Reilly web site I found out about the > amazon patent on their one click ordering feature. I had seen some e-mail > signatures saying that someone was boycotting amazon but I hadn't found out > about the reason until I read Tim O'Reilly's letter on the subject. > > The letter is at this site: > http://www.ora.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.html > > If you feel so inclined there is an open letter you can sign at: > http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.comments.html > > You might want to look it over > > John Purser prior art exists. i'm surprised the patent was issued. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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