Neil W Rickert wrote:
>Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Neil W Rickert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> >> This patch uses windowing, so it may be subject to stoopid patent claims
>>> >> in some countries :-)
>
>>> >Are you serious?? What countries have patent claims like that? Never heard
>>> >of this issue...
>
>>> I expect that he is referring to the good old U.S.A. Apparently the
>>> patent office has awarded a patent to some sort of windowing methods
>>> for y2k.
>
>>That's insane! Who are the scum that patented that? Unisys or somebody?
>
>It wasn't unisys. I don't remember who. NPR had a story on it on
>Monday, but there is not enough detail on their web page to track
>down the details.
Here's a story from cnn:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/05/patent-y2k.idg/
WL
