On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:46:40 -0600, Mike Baldwin wrote: >Here is an interesting IBM patent in this area: >United States Patent 5724559 >Method for displaying ISPF panels in a VM non-ISPF environment ... >http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5724559-claims.html
"This invention describes a method that can be used to display panels from an ISPF panel library using an XEDIT macro written with the REXX language under IBM's VM operating system." This has got to be a hoax, surely? Apparently not, though. How can IBM get away with patenting something as obvious as this? It's a fine illustration of how sick the patent system is. I sometimes wonder how IBMers can allow their names to be associated with this kind of rubbish. If it was me I would be ashamed of myself. Roger Bowler http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rbowler Hercules "the people's mainframe" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
