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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (27904)	7/14/2000 8:10:04 AM
From: alankeister	Read Replies (1) of 54805

Mike, I disagree. Lotus makes proprietary spreadsheet software. It's theirs and theirs alone. They use their own architecture to add 2 + 2 and place the answer (4) in the cell. Microsft also makes proprietary spreadsheet software that accomplishes the same task. Each company has their own proprietary code and architecture for making it all happen. Perhaps I've misunderstood the use of proprietary architecture. The example you used above is proprietary software but not necessarily proprietary architecture. No? One can develop a web server with proprietary software but the architecture is not proprietary. To claim a proprietary architecture, Lotus needs to control more than the software; they need control of spreadsheets. If Lotus had patented the the general use of cells and formulas, they could control the spreadsheet architecture. In another example, NTAP isn't a gorilla because the architecture, NAS, is not proprietary. But they have a great product because they have a proprietary way of implementing their NAS products. - Alan

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