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- From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
- To: <patents@aful.org>
- Cc: <epo@mlist.austria.eu.net>, <intprop-l@topica.com>
- Subject: Re: [Patents] USPTO to license proprietary e-mail alternative from EPO
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:04:23 +0200 (CEST)
> question because it doesn't cost n x 100 mn usd to implement. Same for
> www/cgi or zope. Instead a proprietary system that runs only in
^^^^
Sorrz, I meant SOAP.
Well, Zope (zope.org) could indeed also be useful for PTO communication
with customers and the public. It is a lot more powerful than the EPO
system which the USPTO wants to "license", and it is free.
But for the declared purpose of avoiding papermail due to the anthrax
overhead, normal e-mail seems more than good enough. If any additional
fancy functionality (never thinkable in paper or cdrom submissions) is
needed, standard mail processors like procmail are readily available and
can be programmed in a few days.
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Hartmut Pilch, FFII e.V. und Eurolinux-Allianz +49-89-12789608
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