Re: do patents threaten syndication?

[adam@curry.com]

--- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:

> BTW, I checked with Adam Curry on these guys (they're in 
Amsterdam and he is
> too) and he knows them, and likes them and has been trying 
to get them to
> use RSS, but so far no luck.



Yesterday I met with OOiptech. Not just their sales-guy :-)

Their story is worth being told:

This is a group of smart developers who saw content 
syndication as the way to go several years ago. 
They created a rendering engine that utilizes the browser 
(DHTML, Java and JavaScript).

The the VCs got to them.....I asked them point blank 'what's up 
with the patent pending?'

Answer: 'The VCs liked that, but we hate the whole idea...please 
help us!'

Long story short, they aren't married to their technology at all, in 
fact it's become a burden for them, as their customers are large 
consultancies, who want an 'intranet' application with helpdesks 
and more stuff developers are usually not into.

I showed them the XML-RPC cloud userland built and they totally 
understand 'our' mission and they are anxious to help us with 
our development.

It'll take another round of getting to know them, but this is a case 
of cover not revealing the contents of the book.

AC