17 Oct
2007
17 Oct
'07
5:41 p.m.
On 10/13/07, Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071012-patent-holding-company-targets...
The patent seems to be (as I read it) for the multiple desktop support in bottom right corner where you click on it. It was patented by Xerox in 1987 and they must have bought it at some time.
I know this has been in X Windows forever (I used it in the 1980s) if I read it correctly.
Will be interesting to see what comes of it. Of course there is a (tenuous) Microsoft link.
There is a long article on this at Groklaw here: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071016234739918 (I haven't read it all yet) -- Web1: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Web2: http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz