Prior art. It invalidates a patent and should have prevented the patent from being filed in the first place.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > They have and now, apparently, it will be a violation of a patent.... > ducking stupid > > On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Microsoft patents means of limiting software > > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10245846-56.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0 > > > > Microsoft on Tuesday was granted a patent for a way of limiting access > > to certain features of an operating system depending on whether a user > > has paid for those features. > > > > The patent, titled "Restricted software and hardware usage on a > > computer," covers a means by which it can offer software that has > > features either enabled or not enabled depending on which edition a user > > has purchased. It's a concept already in use at the company. > > > > ... > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
