Verily I say unto thee, that Robert Newson spake thusly:
> Gordon wrote:
>> It would seem that ANY new OS that retained backwards compatibility while
>> giving the user new functionality might fall foul of this patent!
> But shirley, similarly, any OS not by MS which has previously retained
> backward compatibility while giving the user new functionality might be
> prior art?
Pesky things like prior art, laws, and morality, are irrelevant to the
"if we can't 'innovate' it, we'll just patent it" clan.
And don't call me Shirley :)
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K.
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