RE: Patent controversy (was Re: (Second) Last Call for XPointer 1 .0)

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

Perhaps you can remind Nielsen of this:

"Many other sites try to entrap users inside their proprietary content and
rarely link to the outside world: if this continues, the Web will stop being
a web and turn into a set of disconnected medieval fortresses, each behind
its own moat. Let's maintain linking and open flow of information..." -
Jakob Nielsen - DaveNet

There are many ways to trap a user.  A patent is one.

Len
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Winer [mailto:dave@userland.com]

> You could do worse than Simon's XMLhack story on it:

Thanks Edd. I'm linking to your article on Scripting News and just ran a
quick DaveNet.

http://davenet.userland.com/2001/01/12/theW3cAPatentJakobNielsenAndSun

Dave