Category Archives: Open Source

Upgrade to WordPress 2.3

Upgraded to WordPress 2.3. Also trying some new looks. IHA

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Competitive patent wiki

Back in the old days, the way we would track competitive patents was painfully tedious.  It involved reviewing the weekly edition of the USPTO Official Gazette, skimming the art classes that you were interested in, and ordering copies of the … Continue reading

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Wiki wiki wiki

IHA is no longer a wiki virgin. This morning I installed apache, mysql and mediawiki on an old computer to show some colleagues on how a wiki could be used for knowledge management. A shout-out to lifehacker.com on their article … Continue reading

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Law-wiki

The Lessig blog has a new post about a “law-wiki“. This is a new social experiment to create a legal online encyclopedia. Not sure if I would trust a legal encyclopedia that could be edited by anyone. However, if they … Continue reading

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One down – Five to go

One final down, five more left to go… There is an article on slash-dot on a commentary from Florian Mueller regarding the donation/pooling of software patents. While IHA strongly disagrees with Mssr. Mueller regarding whether software patents are good, he … Continue reading

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Open Source & Patents – Nirvana or a trap for the Unwary

IHA has strange dreams. However, sometimes they develop into ideas that have legs . Ok, that is probably more than you wanted to know. Knowing my readership demographics, I’ll ask you to drag your mind out of the gutter, what … Continue reading

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Softare Patents

So, software patents, but before we get to that a few comments about the morning commute. Once gas hit $1.75, a coworker and I said, hey maybe we should commute together to save money (boy to I wish that gas … Continue reading

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Open Source

Ok, I promised to share some thoughts about open source software, but first, some fine print. The matters that are discussed in this blog are only my own, and do not represent the opinions of my current or past employers, … Continue reading

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