I just created a page on OSFlash (Balthaser Patent Prior Art Discovery) that we can use to compile a list of prior art to invalidate the ludicrous Balthaser patent. I've already added Mike and Dave's comments from the previous post to the page, along with an entry on K12.

If you have any information you believe might help, please feel free to add it to the page.

I just read that Neil Balthaser has apparently patented Rich Internet Applications. The patent is question is 7,000,180 and, having read through it, I don't see how it supports Neil's reported claim in the above article: "The broader claim is one that basically says that if you got a rich Internet application, it is covered by this patent."

The patent appears to be specifically about the sort of service that the -- now aged and somewhat pitiable -- Balthaser.com provides. In other words, a web-based application for building web applications.

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Based on the interest and wonderful feedback I got for my Hot Shots courses this month, I'm going to be holding them again in April. I've also added a new course to the line-up: Foundations of Macromedia Flash 8, bringing the number of courses in the series to six.

The Foundations of Macromedia Flash 8 course assumes little or no prior knowledge of the Flash IDE and is perfect for you if you're is just starting out, want to fill in the gaps and really learn the tool -- and the latest features in version 8 -- or to get up to speed if you're coming to Flash from other (more traditional) development environments.

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Kevin Langdon just released his reverse engineered version of the AMF 3 specification on OSFlash.

AMF 3 is the next version of the Flash Remoting protocol used in Flex 2/AS3.

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Every now and then I get a question on the nature of OSFlash and I thought I'd briefly explain what OSFlash -- the resource site that I host and coordinate -- is (or isn't).

Most of this information here is actually from the OSFlash Wiki and I suggest you bookmark it as it is a very valuable resource indeed (I frequently refer to it as a box of free toys! Of course, Open Source means much more than that but it does communicate the general feeling I get everytime I browse the list of tasty goodies found there!) :)

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