In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:52:18 +0100
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> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 01 June 2007 08:33 \__
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that BearItAll spake thusly:
>>
>>> We britlanders invented gravity, anyone using it must pay us a sub in
>>> order to continue using it.
>>>
>>> Scotland can claim the rights to the television.
>>>
>>> Canada has the telephone.
>>
>> Alexander Graham Bell was a Scot, born in Edinburgh.
>>
>>> Robert Watt has radar, dam another one goes to Scotland.
>>
>> Who was a descendent of James Watt, another Scot, the inventor of the
>> first practical steam engine, and by that virtue, the father of powered
>> transportation, catalyst for the Industrial Revolution, and instrumental
>> in the development of modern society.
>>
>>> The list is endless
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_inventions_and_discoveries
>>
>>> but of cause these patent laws only seem to have merit if the
>>> inventor either is american or no one currently has claimed them,
>>> then it is first come first served provided you are American.
>>
>> It's amazing what qualifies for "invention" these days. Look at the
>> phone company that wanted to patent the particular orientation of
>> buttons on their handset! Ridiculous!
>>
>>> It's a daft post, but no more daft than the patent laws.
>>
>> If someone in the 21st century ever actually comes up with a *real*
>> invention, let me know.
>
> Mr. Gates? ..... No....
>
> Jeff Han's Research Ripped by Microsoft Surface?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Jeff Han, consulting research scientist for NYU's Department of
> | Computer Science, developed a multi-touch interactive graphical
> | interface, which he presented at the TED conference over a year
> | ago. His research turned into its own company, Perceptive Pixel.
> |
> | Now it seems Microsoft completely ripped the idea and created
> | Microsoft Surface.
> `----
>
> http://www.jorispoort.com/2007/05/jeff-hans-research-ripped-by-microsoft.html
>
Hm...this could get....messy. Did Xerox ever sue?
Will Jeff Han? At least Perceptive Pixel's device is
more along the lines of a traditional draftsman's table,
and very well-suited for overhead presentations, with
proper software.
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