> -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:51 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: more bad patents > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:43:14AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > Why do you think this is a bad patent? With 13 fairly specific > > claims, it seems to me that it is very narrow...? > > The quadratic equation is fairly narrow and specific, but it > should not be patentable. > > Think of things like prior art and (admittedly less easy to > prove) obviousness.
"The combined concepts of file history, versioning, comparison, and merging as it relates to content, provide an archive of all individual changes as well as collections of changes so they can be versioned and audited." Uh... per4ce, CVS, fogz... -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
