On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 10:06:06PM -0400, David Maxwell wrote:
> 
> In the general case, I can imagine it just being part of Cisco's
> standing policy to patent everything possible, to have ammunition in the
> cross-licensing case.

As mentioned in a private email, perhaps Cisco should start
lobbying for abolition of software patents and usurous 
copyright practices -- think of their cost savings from
not having to employ an army of lawyers for this stuff...

/w