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!
Smalltalk to the rescue? Microsoft EX-execs sue Red Hat
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[…] 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? … […]
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Unfortunalely, these patent trolls bought their patents from Xerox. We need something *before* Xerox.
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Ouch that hurts!
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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.
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