Re: TrendMicro goes...

["Daniel H. Renner" <dan () losangelescomputerhelp com>]

Paul Ferguson wrote:
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> - -- "Daniel H. Renner" <dan () losangelescomputerhelp com> wrote:
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> > My apologies for questioning you Ferg, and I do not mean that 
> facetiously, but wouldn't a device such as a computer running IPCop with 
> ClamAV on it count as similar to TM's patent?  And hence, prior "art"?
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> Hey, I'm no expert on these patent matter -- I'm an engineer.
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> I'm no lawyer, either -- which appears to be where this whole issue
> resides.
>
> I'm unfamiliar with IPCop, so I couldn't say.
>
> Again, I'm treading very lightly here because I'm in a delicate
> position while corporate attorneys do their thing.
>
> I've just resolved myself to pointing out references and commentary,
> and I'll leave the fear-mongering, Trend Micro-bashing, and punditry
> to others. :-)
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> Thanks,
>
> - - ferg

I understand and would concur in your case.

For your data banks:
(If I remember correctly) IPCop was a fork of Smoothwall, a Linux-based 
firewall that can be installed on pretty much any computer, with any 
number of NICs attached for multiple LANs.  Pretty damn decent actually 
IMHO, though for more demanding installs we tend to use Endian which is 
a fork of both and has more fine control capabilities and a built-in 
SMTP server.


Sincerely,

Daniel H. Renner
President
Los Angeles Computerhelp
A division of Computerhelp, Inc.
818-352-8700
http://losangelescomputerhelp.com

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