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`RE: Technical Standard, Protocols for X/Open PC Interworking: SMB,Version 2
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`I, Meryl Schlachterman, declarethat:
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`I am the Director, Legal at The Open Group, L.L.C.
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`I am familiar with the
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`policies and procedures regarding the availability of technical standards and
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`other publications made available by The Open Group, LLC.
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`The Open Group was responsible for publishing the technical standard,
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`“Protocols for X/Open PC Interworking: SMB,Version 2,” reference number
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`C209, available at: www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c209.htm.
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`3.
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`According to our records, this technical standard was first available to the
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`public on October 15, 1992 when it was published on The Open Group
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`website.
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`I declare under the penalty of perjury that I understand that willful false statements and the like
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`are punishablebyfine or imprisonment, or both under Section 1001 ofTitle 18 ofthe United States
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`Code and may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon. I declare
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`andbelief are believed to be true.
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