[thelist] Macromedia is suing Adobe?

[John Dowdell]

At 3:18 PM 10/23/1, spinhead wrote:
> what's the background behind Macromedia's claim? What patent?
> Which technology?

Sorry, as you might imagine, I've been instructed to not say anything which
someone might later want to lock me away for. I'd have to defer to any
public materials on the various suits and countersuits here, as light as
these often are.

I wish I had a technical document to point to too, but I don't, sorry.
Here's an unchecked third-party article which contained background through
last year:
http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/09/24/0928mmadobe.html

jd