Re: [xml-dev] New XML tool for improving data-processing performance

["Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@allette.com.au>]

 From: "Eric Johnson" <eric@tibco.com>
> For one thing, I hope you realize the absurdity of your position - that 
> of getting a patent, and then asking the question in a public forum, as 
> to whether anyone knows of prior art.  

This seems a little harsh. It seems Yoshida-san's company has a Japanese
patent and is trying to do the right thing with respect to US patents.  Regardless
of the particular patents, or the US IPR system, it seems a good practise.
Prevention is better than cure.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe