IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 01/05/2008 05:32:16 PM:
> "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. A hypothetical question: Suppose your employer paid bonuses for producing items of "Intellectual Property", or that the number of items of "Intellectual Property" in your portfolio was a significant factor towards getting a promotion. Is it possible that those financial considerations might affect the amount of feeling of shame that you would be willing to tolerate? Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
