borfast Posted July 2, 2004 Posted July 2, 2004 Well, it seems that M$ really wants to patent everything they can. Even stuff they didn't invent, like this one. You know when you open a few windows of the same program and they get grouped under the same button on the taskbar? Well, M$ says they invented that and the US patents office granted them the patent, although there are several systems that made use of it long before WinXP (which was the first M$ OS to make use of the technique). Fortunately, it's not something many people would like to use. At least not me, since it's probably the most annoying feature of WinXP - well, I wasn't counting with all the other "features".... http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/02/0027244.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=185&tid=187&tid=190&tid=201&tid=99 Quote
hindixp Posted July 2, 2004 Posted July 2, 2004 Hi, just a off topic info regarding Virus Alert, yesterday few people got a Virus which claims from someID*@ microsoft.com. Just to add a security alert to our TCH family Be carefull before opening attachments from any such associated ID's I know the day they find out who is sending he wont be able to mail again for ages. Regards, Quote
HCSuperStores Posted July 2, 2004 Posted July 2, 2004 If this, along with all the other recent patent news, is true ... I'm really dissapointed in our patent office. I feel like M$ is lining all these things up to get ready for a rash of law-suits against the little guys ... just to squash competition. Hopefully they'll take a look at SCO's book and realize that it doesn't work in the end. Quote
borfast Posted July 2, 2004 Author Posted July 2, 2004 HC, it is true. I believe all the Slashdot news about patents I've mentioned here have links to the patents office web page (or whatever it is) where you can read about the patent from an official source. Quote
DarqFlare Posted July 2, 2004 Posted July 2, 2004 Just plain stupid. I want to patent blogging. Quote
scotttyz Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Just plain stupid. I want to patent blogging. I agree! Slides a c note under the table to Robert as investment Quote
planetphillip Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Hey, I've just thought of something.... I wonder if anybody thought of patenting the idea of patents? That person would make a LOT of money! Quote
borfast Posted July 6, 2004 Author Posted July 6, 2004 I believe Robert has already patented patents. Or was it Bruce? Can't remeber which one did it, but I know MS ows them a lot of money! Quote
TCH-Don Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 I wonder if M$ will try to patient the phrase "Blue screen of death" Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 I believe Robert has already patented patents. Or was it Bruce? Can't remeber which one did it, but I know MS ows them a lot of money! It was Robert! Quote
DarqFlare Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 It was me! Ahh, see... I will eventually own the world! Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 I wonder if M$ will try to patient the phrase"Blue screen of death" Nope, they can't I already did! Quote
TCH-Don Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 Then Bruce is the winner and will be the richest person around Naughty Quote
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