On 05/03/2018 09:47 AM, George Neuner wrote:
On Wed, 2 May 2018 16:01:01 -0700, Adrian Klaver
<adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 05/02/2018 02:29 PM, Jim Michaels wrote:
- the microsoft patented CSV would be required for implementation. it
handles special data with commas and double-quotes in them
Huh?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values#History
Disclaimer ... I haven't investigated the claim.
Difficult because it is made up of dreams, wishes and nightmares:)
However, I would not discount the possibility that Microsoft really
has patented some variation of CSV. They absolutely did *try* to
copyright the use of + and - symbols for specifying addition and
subtraction operations in VisualBASIC.
Not seeing it:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=microsoft&FIELD1=AANM&co1=AND&TERM2=csv&FIELD2=&d=PTXT
It's possible that they slipped something past the examiners. But
more likely the use of a CSV-like format was specified to be part of a
larger process. In that case the format itself might not be claimed,
but rather only the *use* of the format for some specific purpose.
IANAL,
George
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