Re: OT: Amazon Patents
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I caught wind of this too, more details can be found at: http://www.noamazon.com>Hey folks, > Amazon has decided that it wants to own the patents on such trivial >applications as using cookies to store customer state and most recently the >concept of an associates program. These are just basic coding constructs >that many of us use in our e-commerce sites all the time. Their patented >1-click shopping is nothing more than using a cookie to store customer ID >for later retrieval. Yet the patent office has granted them the patent and >Amazon has promised to enforce it. Most recently, the patent office has >granted them a patent on their associates program. What will be next? I >urge everyone to sign the open letter to Amazon at the O'Reilly web site >(http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.html). If this keeps up, >Amazon will hold the patent on all the innovative ways we have come to use >Webcatalog in building e-commerce apps. Do you use a one-click ordering >system on your site? Amazon can *shut your site down* right now. > >Just a heads up, > >Mike > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >To end your Mail problems go to
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I caught wind of this too, more details can be found at: http://www.noamazon.com>Hey folks, > Amazon has decided that it wants to own the patents on such trivial >applications as using cookies to store customer state and most recently the >concept of an associates program. These are just basic coding constructs >that many of us use in our e-commerce sites all the time. Their patented >1-click shopping is nothing more than using a cookie to store customer ID >for later retrieval. Yet the patent office has granted them the patent and >Amazon has promised to enforce it. Most recently, the patent office has >granted them a patent on their associates program. What will be next? I >urge everyone to sign the open letter to Amazon at the O'Reilly web site >(http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.html). If this keeps up, >Amazon will hold the patent on all the innovative ways we have come to use >Webcatalog in building e-commerce apps. Do you use a one-click ordering >system on your site? Amazon can *shut your site down* right now. > >Just a heads up, > >Mike > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >To end your Mail problems go to . > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Christopher Feyrer System Administrator FoodSpot.com chris@foodspot.com ------------------- PGP 6.x key available.------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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