Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!p.cs.uiuc.edu!zweig From: zweig@p.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: FDDI/Soderblom answer Message-ID: <93400021@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 15 May 89 15:27:00 GMT Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:>Written 11:42 am May 12, 1989 by Mills@UDEL.EDU in comp.protocols.tcp-ip: >Drew, > >If I understand the issues here, I should not plan to incorporate FDDI >or IEEE 802.5 chips into my experimental high-speed network research >plans on pain of paying royalities on the value of the entire system. > >Dave It seems silly for anyone with a patent to try to *hinder* people from developing new technology that they might be able to collect royalties on! If Soderblom was smart, he'd *subsidize* research based on his patent, so that he'll get that much more dough in a few years. I say write the guy a nice letter to the effect "hey buddy, how'd you like the high-speed network of the future to be based on your stuff? Have I go a deal for you....." -Johnny Zweig University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science --------------------------------Disclaimer:------------------------------------ Rule 1: Don't believe everything you read. Rule 2: Don't believe anything you read. Rule 3: There is no Rule 3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------