Am Sunday 15 August 2004 15:21 schrieb Jeremy Kitchen: Hi,
this is serious off topic so I will only make a very short comment. > > following months but MS took the idea, added the obvious and patented it > > :-(. MS even cites the KDE ml as the source of the initial idea.....) > > IANAL... but wouldn't that count as 'prior art' ? No, basically MS patented the obvious addition not mentioned in the publically posted email. Regards, -- martin Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold e r f r a k o n Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker Nobelstrasse 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany fon: 0711 67400963, fax: 0711 67400959 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users