On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:07, Stephen K�hn wrote: > But now, since Ballmer the Bouncing Bimbo has gotten into IP legalaties > to fight the GPL/OSS world, they better do something about the skeletons > roving around in THEIR own closet...
Heard their latest patent claim? They reckon they invented the boolean not equal operator... Somebody dig up Charles Boole and get him down to the Patent Office to school that examiner in elementary logic :-) http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220040230959%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040230959&RS=DN/20040230959 OK, to be fair, it's a particular implementation of ISNOT, but talk about chutzpah! John.
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