Mood:  don't ask

Apparently my fanbase is of the cloistered variety.

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By: vcsyes 13 Sep 2008, 06:50 AM EDT Msg. 225290

So, maybe a stupid question but who is Portuno and why are all his past posts referenced upon? I mean, it seems like he know his stuff but how come I dont see any of his posts on a day-to-day besis? ...just wondering. Anyone? Go VCSY!! (Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)

This must be what it's like when the kids are planning to put grandpaw in the home.

UHHH...I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE AND I CAN HEAR YOU TALKING

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 11:19 AM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 13 September 2008 10:11 PM EDT

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Mood:  suave

Sorry for the intrusion but I noticed this post recently and decided to edit it a bit to make it more appealing to the masses general.

And now we return to our originally laid out program. Sorry for the interruption. If I had known I would have tidied up the p......

GET OFF THE STAGE!!!!

Oh. Right. Sorry. I'll just picl up and move me little bucket here and you folks have a nice knight. Ya'll hear? 

Well worth knowing and saving.

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By: lumster50 13 Sep 2008, 12:23 AM EDT Msg. 225271

Revised version: This is what we have:(By Lumster50) (Nice series of posts lump!) The USPTO granted the Company a patent (No. 6,826,744) for an invention for “System and Method for Generating Web Sites in an Arbitrary Object Framework” on November 30, 2004. The Company has filed for a Continuation in Part for this patent to pursue possible additional derivative patents. This patent is the foundation of the Company’s product, SiteFlash ™, and forms the basis of the ResponseFlash™, NewsFlash™ and AffiliateFlash™ products. The USPTO granted the Company a patent (No. 7,076,521) for an invention for a “Web-based collaborative data collection system” on July 11, 2006. This patent covers various aspects of the XML Enabler Agent. ------------------------------------------------- This was our concern about what we have: Although the Company intends to protect its rights as described above, there can be no assurance that these measures will be successful. Policing unauthorized use of the Company’s products and services is difficult and the steps taken may not prevent the misappropriation of its technology and intellectual property rights. --------------------------------------------------- This is the action we took when we noticed some infringement activity: On April 18, 2007, the Company filed suit for patent infringement against Microsoft Corp. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The Company claims that the Microsoft .Net System infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,826,744. On July 13, 2007, Microsoft filed an answer to the Company’s complaint, alleging various defenses and counterclaims. On August 2, 2007, the Company filed a reply to Microsoft’s defenses and counterclaims. The court has set trial for March 2009. The parties are in the process of discovery. The court has set the claim construction hearing for July 10, 2007. ------------------------------------------------------- This is what we thought about the situation and posible outcome: In the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of any pending matters may have a significant effect on the financial position, operations or cash flows of the Company. Also, the Company in the future may become involved in other legal actions that may have a significant effect on the financial position, operations or cash flows of the Company. ------------------------------------------------- This is what happened; Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) has settled the patent infringement claim that the Company initiated in federal court against Microsoft Corporation. This matter has previously been disclosed under the heading “Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. Pursuant to the confidential settlement agreement, the Company has granted to Microsoft a non-exclusive, fully paid-up license under the patent which was the subject of the legal proceeding. ------------------------------------------------- NOW we wait for the 3rd qtr filing,...enjoy the wait! Lump (Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)

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http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=225329

By: RapidRobert2 13 Sep 2008, 03:41 PM EDT Msg. 225329

lumster: Here is the motion by VCSY to add 'sharepoint' to the infringement by MSFT: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION VERTICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, § INC., § § Plaintiff, § § Civil Action No. 2:07-CV-144 –DF-CE v. § § JURY TRIAL MICROSOFT CORPORATION § § Defendants. § UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE AMENDED INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (“Vertical”), plaintiff in the above-entitled and numbered civil action, moves the Court for leave to serve amended infringement contentions. In support, Vertical will show the following. On November 30, 2007, the plaintiff served its infringement contents against the defendant. Subsequent to serving such contentions, the plaintiff determined that Microsoft’s SharePoint 200 should be accused of infringement in addition to the products originally accused. Thus, the plaintiff requests leave to serve such amended contentions pursuant to P.R. 3-6(b). The defendant does not oppose the plaintiff serving the amended infringement contentions. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court grants this motion for leave to serve amended infringement contentions. Case 2:07-cv-00144-DF-CE Document 53 Filed 06/11/2008 Page 1 of 3 2 Respectfully submitted, ______________________________ Eric M. Albritton Texas State Bar No. 00790215 ALBRITTON LAW FIRM P.O. Box 2649 Longview, Texas 75606 Tel.: (903) 757-8449 Fax: (903) 758-7397 ema@emafirm.com Thomas John Ward, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00794818 Ward & Smith Law Firm P O Box 1231 Longview, TX 75606-1231 Telephone: (903) 757-6400 Facsimile: (903) 757-2323 jw@jwfirm.com Raymond P. Niro Vasilios D. Dossas Sally Wiggins Robert A. Conley Eric J. Mersmann NIRO, SCAVONE, HALLER & NIRO 181 West Madison Street, Suite 4600 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 236-0733 Counsel for Plaintiff Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE The undersigned discussed this motion with Dave Healey, counsel for the defendant who advised that the defendant agrees to the relief requested. ______________________________ Eric M. Albritton Case 2:07-cv-00144-DF-CE Document 53 Filed 06/11/2008 Page 2 of 3 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). As such, this motion was served on all counsel who are deemed to have consented to electronic service. Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A). Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d) and Local Rule CV-5(d) and (e), all other counsel of record not deemed to have consented to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by email and/or fax, on this the 11th day of June, 2008. ______________________________ Eric M. Albritton Case 2:07-cv-00144-DF-CE Document 53 Filed 06/11/2008 Page 3 of 3

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Updated: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 7:45 PM EDT

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Mood:  hug me

Biztalk has long been a personal marker for me; Something I could always use to determine whether Microsoft was able to work around MLE.

http://clearstation.etrade.com/cgi-bin/bbs?post_id=1999468&usernm=Portuno_Diamo.

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Biztalk was .Net's chauffer to bring Microsoft into corporations to build large interoperational frameworks. The XML Web Services concept has been a major effort within Microsoft for over six years.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Apr02/04-10UmbrellaPR.mspx

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But Biztalk has long been considered a "failure" (note how few customers Microsoft Biztalk has even after such a long time:"over 7000 customers" http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/default.aspx ) because it could not be interoperational across the board - across any platform on any network basis. Like I said, it's been a personal marker for me as it was the canary in the coal mine which would tell me immediately if Microsoft was able to develop something that would do what MLE/Emily (later to become patent 7076521) could do ... aka a "workaround".

http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=113876

All this time and Microsoft is only now able to speak of Biztalk with some form of nascent, budding pride.

Read about Microsoft's Biztalk future now after the settlement with VCSY.

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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/more_biztalk_coming_in_2009.html

September 8, 2008 2:05 PM

by Joe Wilcox

More BizTalk Coming in 2009

News Brief. I had wondered why Microsoft planned BizTalk Server 2006 R3. The renamed BizTalk Server 2009 makes more sense.

Microsoft revealed the renaming today. A 2006 product would have been out of place shipped in 2008 or 2009.

The change moves BizTalk from a minor release to new full version. Microsoft released BizTalk Server 2006 R2 a year ago this week, on Sept. 10, 2007. The new version is expected to ship during the first half of 2009. A public CTP, or Community Technology Preview, is planned for later this year.

The new nomenclature is about more than just versions: It reflects how BizTalk is growing up. There have been plenty of Microsoft server software changes that a new BizTalk version should support.

My eWEEK colleage Darryl Taft has the skinny on BizTalk Server 2009. But in brief, the new software will support:

Oslo modeling platform

Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V Server 2008

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

SQL Server 2008

Visual Studio SP1

Team Foundation Server

Microsoft claims there are 8,200 BizTalk customers today.

Please read Darryl's story for full details. Microsoft also has posted a Q&A on its PressPass site.

Darryll's story: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Announces-BizTalk-Server-2009/

Microsoft's Q&A: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-05BizTalk.mspx

Biztalk was a precursor to Sharepoint.

Biztalk history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_BizTalk_Server

NOTE: "Architecture

The BizTalk Server runtime is built on a publish/subscribe architecture, sometimes called "content-based publish/subscribe". Messages are published into the system, and then received by one or more active subscribers."

Hmmm. Messaging affiliation. Sound like anything we know? Biztalk has always been a good idea poorly done. It's never been able to scale well and has always been kind of a "wanna be" in Microsoft products. As Hoe Wilcox (woops, typo!) notes Biztalk has 8200 Biztalk customers today. All that's about to change.

It's no longer IF VCSY technology is being used to advance Microsoft products beyond their crippled state to walk again. No miracle. No mystery. The only mystery is WHEN will VCSY release news about what's going on.

From the Wikipedia article:

"Adapters

BizTalk uses adapters for communications with different protocols, and specific software products such as Sharepoint. Some of the adapters that were included in Server 2006 product included the Base EDI (Covast), File, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, SOAP, SQL, MSMQT, Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0, and the Windows SharePoint Service (WSS) adapters. Some are available through third parties."

"Adapters" are a Microsoft euphemism for middleware packages. Middleware connects data resources of one type with data resources of another type so the processing parts on either side may interoperate with each other. 521 is dynamic middleware which provides not only the ability to interconnect different data resources, it provides a pliable and granular processing method BETWEEN the disparate data resources... placing processing power precisely where it need be used.

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Here's a Biztalk discussion forum: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090808-microsoft-biztalk.html?fsrc=netflash-rss

Microsoft BizTalk gets surprise reprieve, new road map

Host of new features coming early next year in version upgrade

By John Fontana , Network World , 09/08/2008

Microsoft Friday reversed course on the fate of BizTalk Server, renaming the next version and setting a road map that calls for a major releases of the middleware every two years.

The decision to continue developing the Microsoft middleware came as a surprise to some, as BizTalk was to be a launching pad for Microsoft's forthcoming "Oslo" technologies that include messaging (Windows Communications Foundation), workflow (Windows Workflow Foundation) and modeling tools.

"It is pretty surprising and I have not seen this big a reversal from Microsoft in a while," says Rob Helm, an analyst with independent analyst firm Directions on Microsoft. "They might be reluctant to yank what is now a fairly successful product for an unproven technology platform."

Microsoft says what was supposed to be BizTalk Server 2006 R3 will now be called BizTalk Server 2009. The full release is slated to ship in the first half of next year. In addition, the company says it will provide details on another new version, code-named BizTalk 7, in the early part of next year.

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Ahhhh... so now we get another hint at what "7" means to Microsoft.

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http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2008/8/13/corpit/20080813111019&sec=corpit

Wednesday August 13, 2008

Booster for cloud computing

KUALA LUMPUR: Microsoft has developed the building blocks that software developers will need when writing cloud computing applications.

Currently in its beta stage, the product will only be detailed at the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference on Oct 27 in Los Angeles, an annual event organised by the software giant.

At Tech.Ed SEA 2008 here on Tuesday, Microsoft senior technical evangelist Nigel Watling said Microsoft has spent a year developing the product, tentatively named BizTalk Services.

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So now the marker is become a foundation stone.

Congratulations, Microsoft. You finally figured out what you needed to build a next generation framework. It certainly took you long enough.

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 10:03 AM EDT

Updated: Wednesday, 10 September 2008 11:03 AM EDT

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Mood:  bright

Just putting this here so you can find information others want to bury:

And here's the conversation on one order:

223697
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=223697&submit=Go&endat=223879&numposts=60

223837
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=223837&submit=Go

223839
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=223839+&submit=Go

223862
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=223862&submit=Go

223850
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=223850&submit=Go

or you can read it in the reverse order. Ain't computers wonderful?

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By: BIFT1 30 Aug 2008, 01:15 PM EDT Msg. 223850

How is this for the closing the deal. VSCY had their number and MSFT had theirs'. Deadlock...in comes the Sharepoint Motion along with Amber Hatfield Rovner and within 6 weeks an agreement was reached.

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By: BIFT1 30 Aug 2008, 01:27 PM EDT Msg. 223862

Also from Amber Hatfield Rovner's firm.

http://www.weil.com/practiceareas/detail.aspx?service=2536

Technology & IP Transactions

Acquired a tradition of excellence in complex licensing and technology transactions

Broad expertise includes a wide variety of transactions ranging from outsourcing, joint ventures, technology development and licensing, strategic alliances, professional services agreements and e-commerce agreements to intellectual property audits and due diligence

Represent clients in all stages of development, from start-ups to established companies, in technology fields as diverse as pharmaceuticals, software, hardware, semiconductors, and consumer electronics
 

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By: BIFT1 30 Aug 2008, 01:00 PM EDT Msg. 223839

Why Amber Hatfield Rovner came on board for MSFT. (used by MSFT in the past)

To work the settlement agreement?

http://www.weil.com/practiceareas/detail.aspx?service=2542

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Partners and counsel ranked among the leaders in dispute resolution and international arbitration —Chambers Global

Involved in helping to resolve more than 200 major international disputes, including scores of arbitrations dealing with the laws of dozens of different nations

Vast experience in dealing with all the major ADR organizations, including American Arbitration Association and JAMS, among others

With alternative dispute resolution providing a faster, more cost-effective and confidential alternative to traditional litigation forums, it is not surprising that major corporations today often look to resolve their disputes outside of the courthouse, employing a variety of alternative dispute resolution strategies. From leading companies to government agencies, global organizations look to Weil Gotshal for counseling on a wide range of ADR issues. We have been engaged in disputes in virtually all major commercial and financial sectors and have appeared for major corporations and multinationals, governments and international non-governmental organizations.

Moreover, the globalization of business has resulted in corporations increasingly deploying their assets and conducting their affairs in many different jurisdictions simultaneously, thereby exposing themselves to the laws and regulatory practices of unfamiliar countries, often with little choice as to how disputes, differences and claims might be resolved. In this environment, it is critically important that businesses with multinational exposures have available to them sophisticated and experienced lawyers to counsel, assist and, where necessary, intervene to resolve disputes. As one of the largest and most diversified law firms in the world, Weil Gotshal can provide such assistance through a truly impressive and international reach.

Our litigators have been involved in more than 200 international disputes, including scores of international arbitrations, dealing with the laws of dozens of different nations including Japan, Israel, Belgium, Poland, and the UK, as well as supranational laws such as UNIDROIT and the International Sale of Goods (CISG), and various bilateral and multilateral treaties, such as NAFTA.

Our attorneys have appeared before some of the major arbitral and trade institutions of the world, including the ICC, AAA, LCIA, WIPO, WTO, the US-Iranian Claims Tribunal, the International Arbitral Center of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Court of Arbitration of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, the Court of International Trade, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. We have also advised and assisted in the enforcement of arbitral awards and judgments obtained in other jurisdictions and are experienced in obtaining evidence for use in foreign proceedings.

In addition, our litigators provide valuable strategic risk management advice during the course of our clients' business negotiations and transactions, so as to minimize both the risk and possible impact of any future litigation. This approach has earned high praise from clients and peers, with many Weil Gotshal partners and counsel ranked as leaders in international arbitration and dispute resolution according to Chambers Global.

As a further testament to the quality of our litigators, both past and present Weil Gotshal lawyers have served as judges and arbitrators, as well as being leading academics in their chosen fields. Overall, clients rely on Weil Gotshal's experience in ADR to achieve the best possible solution that meets their business objectives

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By: BIFT1 30 Aug 2008, 12:54 PM EDT Msg. 223837

I wonder how much VSCY was seeking?

http://www.weil.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?news=31231

(November 16, 2007, Weil Gotshal Press Release)


November 16, 2007, New York - Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP obtained a major patent victory for Microsoft yesterday in the Eastern District of Texas (Beaumont). Computer Acceleration Corp. (CAC), a subsidiary of well-known patent assertion company Acacia Research, claimed over $750M in damages, alleging that Microsoft's Windows XP infringed its patent.

After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for two hours before delivering a complete verdict for Microsoft, finding no infringement and invalidating the patent at issue.

"The trial demonstrates that Microsoft will litigate cases to verdict, despite large damages claims against our flagship products," stated Isabella Fu, Microsoft's in-house counsel. "Microsoft values and respects intellectual property , but we will continue to fight suits that have no merit."

"This verdict is particularly significant and satisfying," commented Matt Powers, Weil Gotshal's first chair at the trial. "Even though technology companies are frequently sued for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas, this marks the first time a major defendant has taken a patent assertion company case to the jury and earned a total win."

The team included Microsoft in-house counsel Isabella Fu as well as Weil Gotshal partners Matt Powers, David Healey, Kevin Kudlac and Doug Lumish, counsel Amber Rovner, and associates Steve Carlson, John Halbleib, Ben Elacqua, Joseph Lee and Todd Patterson.

About Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Weil, Gotshal & Manges is an international law firm of over 1,200 lawyers, including approximately 300 partners. Weil Gotshal is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Boston, Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington, DC and Wilmington.

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By: morrie33 29 Aug 2008, 02:07 AM EDT Msg. 223697

"Too good to be true."

MSFT all along claimed "prior art." LONGS said for months that MSFT had no case.

Sharepoint was added to the infringement.

MSFT asked for a two week extension of the Markman hearing.

MSFT settled on the day of the Markman hearing. 15 months after the case was filed.

If MSFT believed their "prior art" case, why wouldn't they go through with the Markman hearing? Maybe because they were risking having the judge place an Injunction on .Net and Sharepoint. That's $7 billion dollars in annual sales for .Net and Sharepoint. That's a lot of customers that MSFT would have to "do some 'plainin' too" as Ricky Ricardo would say...

And VCSY, a little penny stock company, got the multi-billion dollar MSFT to settle. MSFT could've taken their chances with the Markman hearing. If no injunction, MSFT could've pushed this to court. But they didn't. They settled.

And lo and behold, days after settlement, MSFT and .Net start putting out PRs about their new "internet" prowess and power. No, that wasn't coincidental at all. Things that .Net and Sharepoint could not do the week before July 25th, snap, voila, magic, abrakadabra, now .Net and Sharepoint can accomplish. And users and developers are saying, "wow, Sharepoint's sure improved..."

But yes, this is "all too good to be true."

Niro, famed patent infringement lawyer, spent two years on a case on contingency and got $3 million dollars since some here say VCSY only got $10 million. And gee, VCSY which HAD a strong case, they just crumbled on the day of the MARKMAN HEARING which they probably would've heard "THE PATENT IS VALID." And then what, MSFT would've had an injunction placed on it...VCSY could've waited a few days and how many hundreds of millions or billions would've MSFT been FORCED to pay to VCSY to get that injunction lifted off its thousands and thousands of partners of .Net and Sharepoint...

But no, VCSY crumbled and settled for peanuts. That's what the bashers want you to believe. It's "too good to be true."

VCSY had MSFT by the nuts. The MARKMAN hearing would've been a huge turning point in the case. VCSY would've heard "THE PATENT IS VALID" and they would've had hundreds and hundreds of millions. But, WADE who has waited 8.5 years couldn't wait 2 more days, so he said, "Just give me that $10 million..."

Sure. Believe that if you want.

The LONGS know this wasn't too good to be true. There are facts. The facts point us to the conclusion that this was VERY GOOD for VCSY. And gee, looks like MSFT got some good things from the deal too. That's called a compromise. A partnership. It was very good. It is very good.

(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long)

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By: morrie33 31 Aug 2008, 12:28 AM EDT Msg. 223967

pussim, it's curious that BIFT posted valuable info about MSFT's  past court cases in East Texas where MSFT said, "We will push patent infringement cases to the end of the Court process when we know we are right..." and MSFT won that case in the same court of VCSY's case. Yet instead of pushing the VCSY case, MSFT settles in 15 months with VCSY. Hmmmm. And why did they bring in a negotiator to settle with VCSY on the day of the Markman hearing? Hmmmm.

As I said I find it interesting that BIFT digs up very good news for LONGS and all of a sudden it's on the second page because people are posting about politics. Is it coincidental? Maybe. Or do people want all the good D&D buried?

Again, maybe it's coincidental. But, I was excited to read BIFT's finds. And when I left the computer for an hour, nobody had commented on them and instead they were buried on the 2nd page by off topic posts.

(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long)

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 3:27 PM EDT

Updated: Sunday, 31 August 2008 1:22 AM EDT

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Let's keep this stored here until we can set up a display case.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039731/Secret-lovers-Hidden-bank-accounts-And-sign-plane-wreck-Did-Richard-Bransons-balloon-buddy-fake-death.html

Secret lovers. Hidden bank accounts. And still no sign of a plane wreck. Did Richard Branson's balloon buddy fake his death?

By Annette Witheridge
Last updated at 1:29 AM on 30th July 2008

When adventurer Steve Fossett seemingly disappeared off the face of the Earth last September, his many admirers couldn’t quite believe he had perished on something as mundane as a joyride in a light aircraft above the Nevada desert in the U.S.

The round-the-world flying legend had crashed hot-air balloons and planes across the globe but had always emerged unscathed. As far as his fans were concerned, the first man to fly solo around the world in a hot-air balloon was a survivor.

No body or wreckage has ever been found since Fossett failed to return from his last flight. And now — five months after a judge officially declared the 63-year-old financier dead — investigators have made the astonishing suggestion that he faked his own death.

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Posted by Portuno Diamo at 11:55 AM EDT

Updated: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 12:00 PM EDT

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Mood:  smelly

I had a little problem posting on Yahoo tonight and I decided I would start posting on the blogs a bit more. Reading the message boards is a trashy habit. Some places you can get useful information, but, most places you're going to be juggled and scammed. So read the message boards with a watchful eye and watch every word. 

So, I wrote this as a post intended to go on the board. But, thanks for the goof, Yahoo. you've motivated me to start blogging again. I owe ya.

BEGIN: 

Me? I'm just enjoying the show. It costs a fortune to keep you guys in the field so whoever's throwing their money away on such poor representation should be allowed to get a full snoot of it.

VCSY longs bring announcements of a new age of computing in 2000 and Al and his guys bring nothing but insults and ridicule and fail to give any hint they know anything about the subject.

And we have Al dumping his previous incarnation out of the blue. Al claims it's because he used profanity but his entire post history is crammed full of as much profane abuse against VCSY and the scam he claims it to be, the VCSY shareholders and anyone stupid enough to be associated with them.

Al jettisoned his posting history and now kalafella announces he's tepe, the rabid anti-vcsy poster on Raging Bull VCSY. http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_V/threadview?m=tm&bn=33693&tid=6047&mid=6070&tof=3&frt=1

Tepe knows how to toe the legal line and there was always a day of reckoning where he had to announce he was the same poster here as at RB. Why did he decide to come clean so quickly and succinctly here? And more-over, why NOW?

Microsoft is making all kinds of noise about some amazing capabilities while articles are coming to the fore about the shortcomings and failures of sharepoint and .Net.

There are two specific pieces here:

From a selection of 200+ developers including MSFT MVP's and legends casting a vote of no confidence on ADO.Net Entity Framework: http://efvote.wufoo.com/forms/ado-net-entity-framework-vote-of-no-confidence/

and this critique on Sharepoint, Microsoft's new collaboration phenomena nobody knew.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700347.aspx

The morons will tell you Microsoft builds crap on purpose. What they don't tell you is Microsoft builds crap because they are fielding their version of a minimal build of a set of technology claims they can get away with.

Figure it out.

Meanwhile, the basher action is heating up. The Markman Hearing date is still ahead the end of this month. A last minute delay by a Microsoft lawyer who suddenly discovered he had an appointment conflict on that original day; a day scheduled since last year in East Texas.

OK another couple weeks of wiggle room. Then Microsoft will have to face up to their weak case.

It is weak, isn't it Al? That Microsoft brief got shot full of holes by the article here: http://efvote.wufoo.com/forms/ado-net-entity-framework-vote-of-no-confidence/

but you won't acknowledge that because it gives you the sweats. I'll tell you what happened. Somebody in Microsoft scrood your little hedge fund pooch.

That's a shame. Nice to see you guys shaping up, though. Nothing like eyes on the back of your head to make you sit up straight and act civil.

Now, audience. Sit back and watch what a few million in hedge fund shenanigans can pull off.

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 12:38 AM EDT

Updated: Friday, 4 July 2008 12:51 AM EDT

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This is a nice out of the way place now to put supporting information so it doesn't clutter up the baby's room. Snooky is growing fast and we're going to need more space before long.

So, sorry to put this in such an out of place place, but one of the Raging Bull Treeforters reposted an RB post I made a month after the SiteFlash patent was granted in November, 2004. In fact, the post is right before Christmas 2004.

 http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=214598

By: Portuno_Diamo 25 Dec 2004, 12:49 PM EST

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In the spirit of the season I thought I might exhange gifts so the readers can see who has the biggest heart (I know I do) So I'm laying this little bit of punditry here at the foot of the tree and let's just call it "from the guys at the treefort to all of you who wants to know" SiteFlash technology By: cougar24 on December 23, 2004 at 5:29:41 PM There hasn't been much discussion regarding the SiteFlash patent. Does anyone know of a competing technology/company we can research this against? Is this a technology that is in demand? Is there a market for licensing this type of technology to larger companies? I know absolutely nothing about this. Any input is appreciated. SiteFlash Part 1 By: Portuno_Diamo on December 23, 2004 at 10:29:05 PM This message was edited by Moderator at 2004-12-23 22:29:5 Beginning with the patent: United States Patent 6,826,744 McAuley November 30, 2004 Please reference: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,826,744.WKU.&OS=PN/6,826,744&RS=PN/6,826,744 Said patent is a: System and method for generating web sites in an arbitrary object framework This is the SiteFlash concept: build any sort of applications and deploy them as websites that fit tailored information for any user in any form or function. Notice I said "build applications" the way you build websites. It's very important to read BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION to appreciate the problems faced by programmers of all types using traditional programming languages to build, deploy and maintain complex distributed applications. The more you understand this background and the plights facing software application development managers facing an expanded stream of data and diversity into the 21st century. It begins: A system and method for generating computer applications in an arbitrary object framework. A way of building useful software without having to worry about where it will be used or how it will need interact with other applications. In other words, this invention provides for a technological means to build software programs that perform useful functions and they all reside in a structure that doesn't care how you perform functions or present your information. The framework makes the mechanics invisible and you use the applications in the way you see fit. The method separates content, form, and function of the computer application so that each may be accessed or modified separately. Notice the language here. It's very important to understanding why this patent is so important. Background: Several years ago the hot idea in web-design and a major shift inefficiencies was the segmentation of website content and form (format) into databases that could be managed discretely and applied globally. This is what Content Management and Format Management and Publishing Management software is about; making sure you can put out consistent information content to your userbase (all the people in your computer networked community) and making sure you can format that information anywhere you use it. In other words; It will do no good to spell out a BART Schedule if you have the numbers jumbled together on somebody's screen because you didn't "program" how to present that sort of web page at this one isolated terminal in BFEgypt. We now see, however, that McAuley calls upon his experience as a distributed computing architect (and who knows how much influence from MLE - this is precisely where MLE is most at home) to add and include Interoperability and Automation in the Content/Format Management paradigm by stating: The method separates content, form, and function of the computer application so that each may be accessed or modified separately. Note they claim to provide this management idea to the actual functional applications they are deploying. Thus, we are no longer talking about managing website look and feel and information. We are now talking about making those website automatic extensions of whatever application (from simple protocol tranlsations to intricate statistical processing over multiple virtual extensions working different application on multiple machines - perhaps as far as breaking the computation tasks to distribute one parallel task over multiple sets of machines. (orders of thousands) We see now the key excitement in this patent grant is that the very concept of Automation Management consisting of managed sets of content (base of information from baried sources), format (look and feel for any user), and functionality (operations you want the computers in your network to do without intervention by operators - automation). Three processes used to create complex software applications such as web sites are form, function , and content . Form includes graphic designs, user interfaces, and graphical representations created by a designer or a group of designers. Function includes logical functionality, which can be software code created by a programmer or group of programmers. Form includes informative content. Informative content can include written, recorded, or illustrated documentation, such as photographs, illustrations, product marketing material, and news articles. Content can be created by writers, photographers, artists, reporters, or editors. And it appears this sweeping concept is being applied for on a grand scale. A "Function includes logical functionality, which can be software code created by a programmer or group of programmers." "The method includes creating arbitrary objects, managing the arbitrary objects throughout their life cycle in an object library, and deploying the arbitrary objects in a design framework for use in complex computer applications." All of these functions can be managed in the same database and user interface fashion as is used in Publishing Management. VCSY holds a patent on building distributed application frameworks using a wide variety of methods and it looks like a pretty broad grant to me. So this capability that is outlined here can be encapsulated into a programming language which builds web-strung interoperable objects (gee, I wonder where this is all going?) This under SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION and begin imagining The present invention provides a system and method for generating software applications that substantially eliminates or reduces disadvantages and problems associated with previously developed systems and methods used for generation of software applications. Pretty bold claim, Roscoe. Super duper claim, actually. If taken with all claims in this text, it means the more you use this method, the easier it will become for ALL users witin and developers within the network. Precisely the opposite real world reality of life-cycle management using traditional programming languages. We all realize, of course that patent officials go over the wording in ever line of text in a patent application, right? In other words, someone with expertise in this area read this and said, "Well, yes their invention does cover this area." Right? Slap the stamp on it and we'll be on our way, Mister GovmintMan. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for generating software applications in an arbitrary object framework. In other words, we don't care what you're using unrelated data from disparate databases or whether those databases and applications are IBM based or Linux or Unix running Windows or any operating system running on any system. NOTE: This invention can meet those challenges BY IT'S VERY DESIGN, thus the claim is made and granted because the structure of the system demonstrates the validity of the claim. This is a central multiplier for any conglomeration of inter-networked individuals (office LAN, WAN or WWW or whatever) since it means they can use the applications they?ve used for twenty years and mate them up to the latest Microsoft or custom-made application and provide services across a wide path - and if it's done once, it's in the library and easily done thousands more times. "Still another technical advantage of the present invention is that it enables syndication of the software application." The system can build applications that install themselves across the network along with documentation and any other forms of personel/software management required. As noted above, functionality is separate from form and content. Consequently, a user can easily introduce a new look for the application or syndicate the content and functionality of the application to another group without having to recode all of the objects needed to access content. And this is the capability being granted exclusivity to VCSY. I don't get it. What am I missing here? Are there any other outfits who do this level of distributed computation and resources management even without a patent? They all say they do some subset of the overall scheme and tout certain tools or toolsets or suites to accomplish these tasks. SiteFlash is the set of tools that you will use to get WebMethods and BusinessObjects-like tools and suites of tools into the hands of the ordinary business installation. We do not have a copy of the drawings at this website so you'll have to use your imagination perthe following list: FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art workflow diagram for generating a software product; FIG. 2 is a hierarchical workflow diagram for one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flow diagram for one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow diagram for the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the components of one embodiment of the present invention used to generate web sites; and DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION It sounds as though the diagrams suggest this patent addresses the inefficiencies of traditional software product development. Actually, the entire thrust of this patent is the capability to build websites as individual applications which are then syndicated throughout your customer base and able to link up with others of like ilk and capability. This time-saving capability has been claimed in VCSY PRs as being a key savings in the construction of complex interoperable websites. If it works properly the key advantage to this type of system is that the more it is developed and deployed, the easier it is to develop and deploy and maintain. SiteFlash Part 2 By: Portuno_Diamo on December 23, 2004 at 10:22:50 PM This message was edited by Moderator at 2004-12-23 22:22:50 Continued from Part 1 So now you should be able to think through the following claims and see if you can make sense of what this machine-building-machine does. Item 1 spells out the general claim that the system is capable of building computer applications the way content management systems build published interactive websites. The key here is to make a distinction between interactive and interoperable. Interactive is you pushing the website buttons and looking for the answers. Interoperable is your own computer pushing the buttons and providing you with answers formatted the way you like. Also stated in Item 1. is one of the keys to this system is in "creating arbitrary objects with corresponding arbitrary names" Notice this is a key concept in that the patent application takes pains to point out the use of these "arbitrary objects" in the following excerpt from a narrative on FIG. 4: "Arbitrary objects may include any combination of application logic and data desired by a developer. Arbitrary objects can include text file pointers, binary file pointers, compiled executable scripts, database queries, shell commands, remote call procedures, global variables and local variables. Arbitrary objects may also include cached data queries and executables. The arbitrary object framework allows arbitrary objects to be referenced in a consistent manner regardless of the type of object. Also, the arbitrary object framework allows local arbitrary objects to either override global parent arbitrary objects or inherit capabilities and data from the global parent arbitrary object." "Arbitrary objects can execute any function that can be run or understood by the host computer system so that any underlying functionality of the operating system used by the host system can be defined as an object within the arbitrary framework. Legacy data, document objects, CPI programs, and database queries can all be encapsulated as objects within the arbitrary framework. The arbitrary object can be accessed by an arbitrary object name. Arbitrary objects are not tied to their functionality. One arbitrary object can be easily replaced with another arbitrary object of another type." "Arbitrary objects can be managed in an object library. The life cycle of the arbitrary objects may be managed in a consistent manner using revision tracking, roll-back, and sign-off. The object library can include separate specialized object libraries that can be administered separately by different developers in each area. For instance, for a web site used to generate a newspaper, there may be an advertising object library that is physically distinguished from other object libraries, such as an object library for sports or an object library for news. Therefore, queries for advertising can be created without impacting any other area of the web site." "Arbitrary objects can be deployed from the object library into a container page to generate the web site. The container page is a truly dynamic page. Unlike prior art methods, where a static copy of information is often pushed over a firewall to a live web site, the present invention incorporates object caching. An arbitrary object can be cached, rather than caching an entire page. When the arbitrary object is cached, certain elements of the arbitrary object can be specified as dynamic elements while others can be specified as static elements. Therefore, a web site can contain multiple dynamic web pages wherein objects used to construct the form, function, and content of the web page can contain dynamic elements and static elements. This provides flexibility for what needs to be computed or processed at the time that someone, such as a web user, accesses the web page." The numbered claims starting at 2 spell out the basic functions required to construct and manage a software based computer and a software programming language to run on that virtual computer starting with: 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said computer application is a web site. The numbered claims from Item 3 to Item 53 describe the elements of a programming language that can build websites (on individual and mass scales) to function as entire applications. If you like we can focus later on the constructs possible if you use the 53 claims. Thus, in VCSY's world, the website is the computer and all websites can interact with all other websites without the intervention of humans. And that website computer can be programmed to run any application on any machine anywhere the network reaches. With smartcards and RFID that "anywhere the network reaches" goes into your pocket and into your home easily. If you hit a snag simply ask the question and I'll focus on specific claims or content or contention. What is claimed is: 1. A method for generating a computer application on a host system in an arbitrary object framework that separates a content of said computer application, a form of said computer application and a functionality of said computer application, said method comprising: creating arbitrary objects with corresponding arbitrary names of various object types for generating said content of said computer application, said form of said computer application, and said functionality of said computer application; managing said arbitrary objects in an object library; and deploying said arbitrary objects from said object library into a design framework to create said computer application. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said computer application is a web site. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise text file pointers. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise binary file pointers. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise compiled executables. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise shell commands. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise remote procedure calls. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise global variables. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise cached executables. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise cached database queries. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise local variables. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said various object types comprise local objects and global parent objects. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein said local objects can override said global parent objects. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein said local objects inherit data from said global parent objects. 15. The method of claim 12, wherein said local objects inherit capabilities from said global parent objects. 16. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying arbitrary objects globally. 17. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying arbitrary objects locally. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of managing said arbitrary objects further comprises using revision tracking. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of managing said arbitrary objects further comprises using rollback. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the step managing further comprises using signoff. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein said arbitrary objects can be accessed and deployed into said design framework using said corresponding arbitrary names. 22. The method of claim 1, further comprising swapping an arbitrary object of one type with an arbitrary object of another type. 23. The method of claim 1, further comprising caching objects. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of caching objects further comprises specifying some elements of an arbitrary object to be dynamic elements and specifying some elements of said arbitrary object to be static elements. 25. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating arbitrary objects in a programming language that is compatible or supported by said host system. 26. A method for generating a web site on a host system in an arbitrary object framework that separates a content of said web site, a form of said web site, and a functionality of said web site, said method comprising: creating arbitrary objects with corresponding arbitrary names of various object types for generating said content of said web site, said form of said web site, and said functionality of said web site; managing said arbitrary objects in an object library; and deploying said arbitrary objects from said object library to a container page to create said web site. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise text file pointers. 28. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise binary file pointers. 29. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise compiled executables. 30. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise shell commands. 31. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise remote procedure calls. 32. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise global variables. 33. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise local variables. 34. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise local objects and global parent objects. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein said local objects can override said global parent objects. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein said local objects inherit data from said global parent objects. 37. The method of claim 34, wherein said local objects inherit capabilities from said global parent objects. 38. The method of claim 26, further comprising deploying arbitrary objects globally. 39. The method of claim 26, further comprising deploying arbitrary objects locally. 40. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of managing said arbitrary objects further comprises using revision tracking. 41. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of managing said arbitrary objects further comprises using rollback. 42. The method of claim 26, wherein the step managing said arbitrary objects further comprises using signoff,. 43. The method of claim 26, wherein said arbitrary objects can be accessed and deployed into said container page using said corresponding arbitrary names. 44. The method of claim 26, further comprising swapping an arbitrary object of one type with an arbitrary object of another type. 45. The method of claim 26, further comprising caching objects. 46. The method of claim 45, wherein the step of caching objects further comprises specifying some elements of an arbitrary object to be dynamic elements and specifying some elements of said arbitrary object to be static elements. 47. The method of claim 26, further comprising generating arbitrary objects in a programming language that is compatible or supported by said host system. 48. The method of claim 26, wherein said various object types comprise cached executable. 49. The method of claim 25, wherein said various object types comprise cached database queries. 50. The method of claim 26, further comprising profiling of a user accessing said web site. 51. The method of claim 26, further comprising personalization of said web site for a user accessing said web site. 52. The method of claim 26, wherein said container page comprises arbitrary objects with both dynamic and static elements. 53. The method of claim 26, wherein said content of said web site and said function of said web site can be syndicated. Oh, and by the way - if you're thinking VCSY is hog-tied to proprietary code: "The present invention provides another technical advantage in that users are not required to use a proprietary language to encode." "It" uses whatever you want to use. A little light reading over the weekend in case you won't be watching "It's a Wonderful Life" with your kids.

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 1:56 PM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 28 June 2008 2:03 PM EDT

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Mood:  lyrical

Tooday is a monumental day. We have realized there is water ice on Mars. Mars now becomes an island in the ocean of space and time. And, if Mars is a possible safari away, Enceladus is Madagascar. A few nuke-pile water splitters and you have a bast easily transported collections of oxygen and hydrogen with which to reach the outer orbits of our celestial womb.

We are about to inherit abundant free energy from new results in materials research. We are about to see information facility to dazzle the most jaded librarian. Such resources placed in the hands of every expert of common computer skills (death of the hardware power programmer) give them the ability to translate and transpose their own subject matter skills into "facilities" (applications' great family of working relationships) by which the experts partner with the unknown to build cultures of productivity spanning continents.

Want to know how to do that? Read patent 6826744. Or you can read that patent about patents Microsoft will have to pay Alcatel $500 million for infringing. What are the patents about? "One patent covers how software users fill out forms. The other is related to the use of a stylus on a tablet computer. "

I thought it was a joke at first. It's real. I wonder how obvious that is tooday?

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 10:52 PM EDT

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Mood:  happy

Pay attention. I own stock in VCSY. I have been writing about VCSY and owning VCSY stock since 2000. I started posting here: http://clearstation.etrade.com/cgi-bin/postlist plug in "Portuno_Diamo"

I post about the VCSY technology because of what I read in 2000 in a whitepaper on MLE, VCSY's micro-kernel executive - these days called a runtime and Emily, VCSY's very high level language as an XML based scripting language (what they used to call dynamic languages 8 years ago).

In fact, VCSY was abused for years by those who adamantly felt XML scripting languages were old technology. Where are those people now? Still around. "Lerking".

It was. It's going back to the future today... just as the Emily whitepaper said it would be... back in 2000.

I write about technology because I've worked on the technology side of industrial manufacturing and process over thirty years of design engineering and development of (back at the beginning S100 and Intel Multibus assembler and PL/I - PL/M with CP/M. Later MSDOS development. Also with mainframe and distributed parallel processors (industrial automation is so far advanced beyond business "automation". That's actually about to change and it will be a fight to get it used in industrial automation because Microsoft dominates as a platform for small scale SCADA built using PLC's and fat clients.) and on and on until now when I am active in the industrial automation industry from a regulation driven perspective.

So it's going to be a couple days if any before I can get my hands on a substantial amount of the text. But, I do have a patch well chosen and provided, so I can milk this for a few days. Heck. Who am I kidding? I could probably do 10000 words on that.

Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner so that would allow for some quality reading time... something the significant other will really appreciate, I'm sure.

Hey! And where did THAT soapbox come from?

So, the best way to find out if I know what I am talking about is that you should take what I write to a high school computer club, college computer club, golf geeks, anyone you know can give you an unbiased opinion and be able to explain it so you can understand it.

Or someone who can answer questions.

If he throws his hands up and rejects the concept of web services, listen to what he has to say. Then, find somebody who knows what web services are and what they can do. Let them read what I write and have them point out the problems. Then come here or any other blog I am posting on (I need space. I'm an expansive kind of guy) and give us the report.

If you want to read my opinions, they are here for free. I don't get paid in any way to post anywhere. I do it for the sheer enjoyment of writing and studying the art of the machine.

We're poised on the precipice of an exploding freedom of platforms that will offer the same kind of productivity and enlightenment and community connectedness the original web page surge presented.

We're watching the web pages become more than electronic magazines. We're seeing, at this particular point, the web page becoming an application similar in robustness and facility of similar applications on the desktop. With continuously increasing bandwidth and throughput, the long spoken of "semantic web" is now at a threshold for moving into the next true age of the internet.

And that's finally becoming a verifiable reality when, for years, VCSY longs were literally the only folks capable of pointing to technology tailored for an optimum foundational architecture upon which to build semantic web processing facilities.

IBM has taken that idea one step further in patent 7058671 citing patent 744 as prior art for the foundation of a way to provide an automated software factory able to produce an application specified by the user. And Microsoft followed up with patent 7302677 citing 744 as prior art for the foundation of building a model testing system for software on websites. Quite a valuable patent idea, I believe.

And that's only two examples of things VCSY's 6826744 patent claims can accomplish.

My badge of sincerity in the cause of computing is an autographed copy of Microcomputers/Microprocessors: Hardware, Software, and Applications (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation) by John L. Hilburn (Hardcover - Jun 1976)

If you're missing one, yep, it's me. Drop me a line. I moved to the M.E. and didn't know I had your borrowed (uhhh...you do remember you loaned it to me, right?) book was in the boxes. Sorry. I've given it a loving home through a modern nomad's life through life.  You must be old as $#!@. So am I. I at least hope you be and be happy and healthy.

Why didn't I return the book? I also have a terrible attention span and very bad organizational skills.

So , when I remember to do something about sending that sucker back to you, it's suddenly sounding like a bad excuse, so you'll be receiving it from me shortly... if I can find your transient ass.

Besides, it was a great thing to have on the shelf in the office. I looked like I know what the hell I was talking about. Thanks to people like you, I did.

Thank you. You can have your book back now.

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 12:45 AM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 17 May 2008 3:09 AM EDT

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Mood:  energetic

Seeing as how some of you have your RSS turned to this channel, maybe you guys might want to be joining the rest of the class here: https://ajaxamine.tripod.com/PortPot/

Bring a pencil.

Posted by Portuno Diamo at 10:41 PM EDT

Updated: Thursday, 1 May 2008 4:08 PM EDT

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