From: Sunder (sunder_at_sunder.net)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 13:36:58 PDT
More than likely Apple got the SCO bug and figures if it gets this patent
it can sue the balls of Microsoft's WinCE machines :)
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+ ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\
\|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\
<--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/
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+ v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless!
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Jon Glass wrote:
> Of course, this raises the question as to _why_ Apple felt they needed to
> close up these loose ends... Or maybe it was in a tickler file, and just got
> pulled by a worker, and finished, without anybody really paying attention to
> it? Or, maybe they have plans of moving it to OS X in a bigger way, and
> wanted to have this patent on file before they file their next, all, of
> course, to keep the competition from horning in.
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