Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication

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From: Nelson Minar
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1991 21:50

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In article <jim.679871441@piggy> jim@piggy.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes:
>I have been curator of the coherent ftp archives for about a year now. 
>I regrettably announce that if Mark Williams Company enforces this
>patent, I will close the coherent ftp archives on piggy.ucsb.edu
>immediately. 

Sounds like you better. Doesn't ftp use a standard byte ordering scheme
down on the TCP/IP level to communicate its information? If so, you might
get sued.

1/2 :)
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