OT: Re: patents, Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-10-01 Thread Terry Hancock
On Sunday 28 September 2003 12:56 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's completely out of control. Be afraid that someone > will patent the act of typing on a keyboard, or > of breathing in and out, and try to charge you a royalty. Or *hope* it happens and makes the revolution happen sooner. Maybe

patents, Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-28 Thread cls-du
"csj" wrote: > Just because something's obvious doesn't mean it can't be > patented. That's true today, but only because the USPTO is broken. Long ago, when they were doing their job, the rules were: 1. No prior art 2. Not "obvious to anyone skilled in the art" 3. Useful and valuable. #2 meant

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-28 Thread csj
At Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:22:40 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 16:56, csj wrote: > > At Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT), > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > > > I just saved myself $600 and did NOT buy another box, > > > but instead just a monitor, a videocard, a keyboard >

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-27 Thread Jacob Anawalt
Roberto Sanchez wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: |>>This has got to be the best idea since Linux and |>>Debian... |> |>Hurry! Patent it! ;-) | | | Too late. Multiuser-DOS schemes using this kind of technology | was popular back in the mid-80s. | I don't bel

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 17:34, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > |>>This has got to be the best idea since Linux and > |>>Debian... > |> > |>Hurry! Patent it! ;-) > | > | > | Too late. Multiuser-DOS schemes using this kind of techno

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-27 Thread Roberto Sanchez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: |>>This has got to be the best idea since Linux and |>>Debian... |> |>Hurry! Patent it! ;-) | | | Too late. Multiuser-DOS schemes using this kind of technology | was popular back in the mid-80s. | I don't believe that will have an i

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 16:56, csj wrote: > At Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT), > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > I just saved myself $600 and did NOT buy another box, > > but instead just a monitor, a videocard, a keyboard > > and a mouse. > > [...] > > > It is described here: > > > > http:

Re: Multi-user Debian

2003-09-27 Thread csj
At Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > I just saved myself $600 and did NOT buy another box, > but instead just a monitor, a videocard, a keyboard > and a mouse. [...] > It is described here: > > http://startx.times.lv/ > http://www.schuldei.org/aivils/ > http://va