[Gllug] [OT] Largest mailbox EVER!

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:35:51AM +0000, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> And verily, didst Richard Jones announce to the hordes:
> > 
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:09:32PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> > > ... by delaying returning ACKs from such connections, 
> > 
> > oops! Patented :-(
> 
> So? Is the patent valid here? It is software after all...

Don't know. You'll have to read the patent. It was filed around
'95-'96 by a company called Packeteer. They made routers, so it's
possible it only applies to devices. Also IIRC they proposed to drop
ACKs rather than delay them, so perhaps it doesn't strictly apply at
all.

Rich.

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