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I was wondering what #3, this "OTLC" patent settlement was. I found this PDF, describing the development of a "write once run anywhere" OO C++ system, called Ta

by wayne 4y ago

I was wondering what #3, this "OTLC" patent settlement was. I found this PDF, describing the development of a "write once run anywhere" OO C++ system, called Taligent, by an IBM/Apple joint-venture trying to compete with Microsoft: https://old.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc15/2_Mon/grimes.pdf https://old.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc15... The project failed and all that came out of it was some valuable text and internationalization patents, and OTLC is the name of the holding company for the patents.

astrange 4y ago
ICU (a popular Unicode library) came from Taligent, though it’s been through at least one total rewrite.
rasz 4y ago
https://www.theregister.com/1998/10/29/microsoft_paid_apple_150m/ https://www.theregister.com/1998/10/29/microsoft_paid_apple_... "David Boies, attorney for the DoJ, noted that John Warden, for Microsoft, had omitted to quote part of a handwritten note by Fred Anderson, Apple's CFO, in which Anderson wrote that "the [QuickTime] patent dispute was resolved with cross-licence and significant payment to Apple." The payment was $150 million. "