theinquirer.net — Computer Acceleration Corporation (CAC) claims Microsoft has illegally used its patent, 5,933,630 - granted to it on August 3rd 1999... CAC claims Microsoft knows about the 630 patent but has continued to infringe on it.
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bt_wangJul 13, 2006
isn't this what the sticky bit used to do on unix systems almost 30 years ago?
cal01Jul 13, 2006
@nTensify: Aren't "scratch" directories in Linux usually similar to prefetch?
obkenobiJul 13, 2006
[quote]Go Bill Go!!!! Gates is my hero, he wasn't born into money...[/quote]That just shows how ignorant you are. Bill Gates was born into quite a bit of money and privilege compared to the average American. He was one of those trust-fund babies, even though he denies it.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates</a>"Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington to William H. Gates, Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. His family was wealthy; his father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate Bank and The United Way, and his maternal grandfather, J. W. Maxwell, was a national bank president. Gates has one older sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby.According to the 1992 biography Hard Drive, Maxwell set up a million-dollar trust fund for Gates the year he was born."
silentdudJul 13, 2006
I love how they wait until microsoft has collected the maximum revinue before filing suit.
mattpriceJul 13, 2006
True. By patenting products that you never plan on making you're actually doing more bad than good. Instead of someone actually making those to better the world, they can't now because you won't let them on fear of suing them if they do.Imagine if someone had patented the idea of a cellphone and never made one. We'd have been screwed until someone found a legal way to get around it (assuming that the patent holder wouldn't have given LG, Motorola, etc. the permission make them).
mattpriceJul 13, 2006
Speaking of which, I should go file a patent on open source software so that I can sue anyone who makes it. Looking at all the open source software out there I think I could set the world back a few years.
helgapatakiJul 14, 2006
yow! Matt extreme but perhaps we should not entirely dismiss such a possibility (or similar) That would definitely rock the boat . . .interesting scenario to consider