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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!192.207.105.50!prodigy.com!darkstar.prodigy.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: 5 Feb 1997 21:33:58 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5dauc6$1f76@usenet1y.prodigy.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32EE0B70.1657@ml.com> <87zpxs7uwg.fsf@murkwood.gaffaneys.com> <5crvoc$up4@camel2.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: darkstar.prodigy.com Originator: davidsen@darkstar.prodigy.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156983 comp.os.linux.networking:67695 comp.os.linux.setup:96123 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5937 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2389 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52229 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266492 In article <5crvoc$up4@camel2.mindspring.com>, Kevin P. Neal <kpneal@pobox.com> wrote: | Yes, because they didn't document publically the fact that they did | the cursor that way. "Prior art" it's called, and the XOR patent | stands because no prior art exists. It probably stands because no one has bothered to fight it. There's wording in patent law which has to do with "not obvious to a skilled practitioner of the art." The fact that people were doing it years before the patent applies there, too. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "As a software development model, Anarchy does not scale well." -Dave Welch