Sorry about my unpropper maners , yesterday was an awfull day for me!.
"Timothy J. Massey" wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:33:47 +0000, juan wrote:
>
> >So you *think* there should be ONE spreadsheet, ONE word processor and ONE OS,
> >isn t it ?
> >Are you a microsoft *programmer* ?
>
> Where in the WORLD do YOU get off YELLING AT ME!!!
>
> Where in my entire document did I EVERY SAY THAT I **AGREED** with what I
> wrote? I wasn't writing an OPINION PIECE, I WAS WRITING FACTS!!! I merely
> stated what the LAW is, not what I THOUGHT AOBUT THE LAW.
>
> You said that you thought that US patent law was similar to Spanish patent
> law in that only physical, material items were patentable; purely
> software-type patents aren't. I'm telling you that the US Patent and
> Trademark Office will let you patent an IDEA, even one that does not exist
> in reality WHATSOEVER. The LZW compression algorithm (used in GIF graphics)
> is a perfect example of such a patent, and I described how that patent HAS
> BEEN LEGALLY PROVED TO BE ENFORCED. I in no way said that I thought that
> such a patent was APPROPRIATE.
>
> Get your facts straight before you start making such attacks.
>
> Tim Massey
