26-Dec-00 Jens Neubauer wrote:
>>>> do you know "netcaptor"? (www.netcaptor.com)
>
>>> -- that they have patent pending on that technique (look at the
>>> small print on the site ;)
>
>> Patent pending ? What are they going to patent next ? Mouse
>> clicks ?
>
> Probably they won't get any, because hyperlinks have been in use
> before they were patented (the same goes for mouse clicks and
> tabs, I hope), but this doesn't stop them from trying.
Well, some people certainly DO try - who was it if not our dear Micro$oft
fellows, who tried to get windows patented... :) Of course they were laughed
out from the process, but they certainly DID try, even if they did nothing
else than just rudely and clumsily plagiarise other peoples' inventions. :)
Uh, and now I going to get some sleep - or I'll write some of that bad HTML
mentioned in other threads here.. ;)
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- Kimmo V��riskoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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