From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 19 16:49:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA02961 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:49:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA02802 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:48:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.7) id LAA00578; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:48:10 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199802200048.LAA00578@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: pre-emptive multitasking patent! In-Reply-To: <19980219192633.38674@vmunix.com> from Mark Mayo at "Feb 19, 98 07:26:33 pm" To: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:48:09 +1100 (EST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark Mayo wrote: > Interesting little bit of news: > > http://www.businessweek.com/1998/08/b3566027.htm > > I wonder if he'll stop with Microsoft if he wins? Surely the term > has been in wide spread use for ages though?? Seems unbelievable > that someone could patent it at this stage in the game! Doh! Americans! -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@netbsd.org; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message