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RE: A thought about patents

2000-04-10 12:00:02
network devices are assigned IP addresses, DNS names.  Network devices may
have memory, disks, cache, and CPU/s.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Crowcroft 
[mailto:J(_dot_)Crowcroft(_at_)cs(_dot_)ucl(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk]
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 10:24 PM
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: A thought about patents


internet bogon alert
"find the server"

is a server where the ip address, DNS name, lat/long of the CPU,
memory, disk, or cache, transprent or otherwise is"

no, above you describe devices, their possible network attributes, and
hardware components.  A server, by definition, is software that provides a
service, and is run on a device such >>as the one described above.

8>)

-Michael B. Bellopede
 Michael(_dot_)CTR(_dot_)Bellopede(_at_)tc(_dot_)faa(_dot_)gov
  "There is no spoon."




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