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To: Chinacat who wrote (5879)	7/17/1999 2:43:00 AM
From: lkj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

Chinacat, Have you encountered SUN's Chorus OS before? If you have, any comment? Thank you, Khan

To: Chinacat who wrote (5879)	7/18/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: vibaby	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

The sweeping generalization that software is protected by copyrights, not patents is absolutely false. Ask any CEO of a software company. I don't know about the specifics of a particular type of networking software. I do know that copyrights are totally useless. Our patent counsel (for an internet company) is a patent litigator and he says that software patents are the ONLY means you have for defending this sort of IP. He should know, he makes a great living doing it and his plaintiffs collect a lot of licensing fees as a result of his efforts in courtrooms around the country.