Smalltalk to the rescue? Microsoft EX-execs sue Red Hat
12 October, 2007
Some Microsoft EX-exec’s sue Red Hat for patent infringement. How “EX” you say? Well the last one arrived Oct 1st. The patent is for a windowed GUI. Hummm that’s a good one. Wait didn’t Dan do that?
Smalltalk to the rescue?? Help is on the way!
The Weekly Squeak 
12 October, 2007 at 17:16
[…] Rahul Mohandas wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSome Microsoft EX-exec’s sue Red Hat for patent infringement. How “EX” you say? Well the last one arrived Oct 1st. The patent is for a windowed GUI. Hummm that’sa good one. Wait didn’t Dan do that? Smalltalk to the rescue? … […]
12 October, 2007 at 17:44
Unfortunalely, these patent trolls bought their patents from Xerox. We need something *before* Xerox.
13 October, 2007 at 00:50
Ouch that hurts!
15 October, 2007 at 21:34
Just before the filing date – not before xerox. Smalltalk was well before the filing date of the patent, although I am not sure if those versions had the features the patents were talking about.