Re: Discuss Bill Gates statement

From: Alessandro Selli (spammami_at_libero.it)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: 26 Feb 2004 10:15:10 GMT

Nel fausto dė di Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:42:11 GMT, il prode _Baho Utot_
presente alla corte di _comp.os.linux.security_
cosė ebbe l'ardire di pronunziarsi:
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| Just say NO (or HELL NO) to microsoft.
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| For me I'll stick to LINUX
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| Proud to be 100% microsoft free!
|

  Won't be that easy. Take this, as an example:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html Enter: "Query: 20030189597"

  And find this:

   United States Patent Application 20030189597
   Kind Code A1
   Anderson, Bret Paul ; et al. October 9, 2003

[...]

   Virtual desktop manager

                                  Abstract

   A method for a user to preview multiple virtual desktops in a
   graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving
   an indication from a user to preview the multiple virtual desktops and
   displaying multiple panes on the display. Each pane contains a scaled
   virtual desktop having dimensions that are proportionally less than
   the dimensions of a corresponding full-size virtual desktop. Each
   scaled virtual desktop displays with one or more scaled application
   windows as shadows if the corresponding full-size virtual desktop has
   one or more corresponding application windows that are active.
     _________________________________________________________________

[...]

   Assignee Name and Adress: Microsoft Corporation
   Serial No.: 117856
   Series Code: 10
   Filed: April 5, 2002

  Now, I'm pretty sure Linux and BSDs' window managers and desktops have had
"virtual desktop managers" for a loong time, much earlier than April 5, 2002.
Can you really ignore them?

  Sandro 

-- 
"In a world without walls and fences
you would not need windows and gates."
(Confucius)

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