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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:3191 comp.misc:8381 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.misc Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!uunet.ca!canrem!telly!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Subject: MWC Byte ordering patent Message-ID: <1992Aug5.122331.1436@druid.uucp> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 12:23:31 GMT References: <jim.712885425@oinker> Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting Followup-To: comp.misc Lines: 17 [Note - Followups to comp.misc] jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >Unfortunately, I am also boycotting Mark Williams Corp. as they hold a >patent on the method of swapping bytes for translation between devices >of different endians. I was previously a Coherent owner until their >patent was approved. Anyone else remember how MWC was going to give us their side of the story as soon as the flames died down? Did I just miss it or did they mean when the flames have died down for about 50 years? -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid.com) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government Toronto, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 424 2871 DoD#0082 |