.Net Patent Could Stifle Standards Effort
Lisa M. Bowman,
Cnet,
Feb 11, 2003
Just as .Net was generating steam as a platform for web services, it has emerged that Mocrosoft holds some key patents and may use them to "dictate how, or whether, developers of software and devices can link to the .Net initiative." It's no surprise that Microsoft holds patents, but it is a surprise that the company would not release them to the standards initiatives building up around web services. Unless, of course, it intends to own the web services infrastructure. Watch for developers jumping ship in hordes.
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