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Subject: Re: Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as
From: Chris Cheney <ccheney () cheney ! cx>
Date: 2004-07-06 4:48:39
Message-ID: 20040706044839.GH27311 () cheney ! cx
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:49:13PM +0200, Stefan Taferner wrote:
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> Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 17:18 schrieb Shift:
> > Le vendredi 2 Juillet 2004 12:10, Torsten Rahn a écrit :
> > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&
> > >
> > > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113191&threshold=2&commentsort=0&tid=
> > >15 5&mode=nested&cid=9589101
> >
> > Worst !
> > They patented Multiple Desktop :
> > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2
> >Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=2003018959
> >7&OS=20030189597&RS=20030189597
>
> Thats interesting. Windows does not have multiple desktops yet.
> Ah, animated desktop switching.
>
> Seems that they look what others do, and quickly patent it before any product
> is released. Or they just play with what could be useful in the future and
> 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
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