From kde-core-devel Tue Jul 06 04:48:39 2004 From: Chris Cheney Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:48:39 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as Message-Id: <20040706044839.GH27311 () cheney ! cx> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=108908933013730 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--hAW+M2+FUO+onfmf" --hAW+M2+FUO+onfmf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:49:13PM +0200, Stefan Taferner wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 17:18 schrieb Shift: > > Le vendredi 2 Juillet 2004 12:10, Torsten Rahn a =E9crit : > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=3DPTO2&Sect2=3DHITOFF= &p=3D1& > > > > > > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3D113191&threshold=3D2&commentsor= t=3D0&tid=3D > > >15 5&mode=3Dnested&cid=3D9589101 > > > > Worst ! > > They patented Multiple Desktop : > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=3DPTO2&Sect2=3DHITOFF&= p=3D1&u=3D%2 > >Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3D1&f=3DG&l=3D50&co1=3DAND&d=3DPG01= &s1=3D2003018959 > >7&OS=3D20030189597&RS=3D20030189597 >=20 > Thats interesting. Windows does not have multiple desktops yet. > Ah, animated desktop switching. >=20 > Seems that they look what others do, and quickly patent it before any pro= duct=20 > is released. Or they just play with what could be useful in the future an= d=20 > patent it. Windows has supported multiple desktops via a powertools app for a while now. I am not certain when it was first available though. Chris --hAW+M2+FUO+onfmf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA6i8n0QZas444SvIRAi9RAJ4moPoCSINqI7/GYoHEpw092ni5ygCfVqgZ lDecGZT28p0QHoOuXbFusYE= =vK79 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hAW+M2+FUO+onfmf--