Interesting blog entry by ex-CEO Schwartz, apparently Apple is no stranger to legal threats: http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/
Which is yet another pointer that Apple is the new Microsoft. On Mar 8, 12:05 am, Chris Phelps <cjph...@gmail.com> wrote: > I knew that if I mentioned some of my own university projects from the > early 90's that someone else would one-up me. :) > > Chris > > > > Paul King wrote: > > Sounds exactly like a uni assignment I did back in the early 80s > > (first few weeks of first year) and then it was old art. > > > Paul. > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Side note - you can't patent algorithms, only implementations of > >>> algorithms. > > >> And how about this pathetic patent: > >>http://www.google.com/patents?id=Szh4AAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=... > > >> I'd say a linked list is very much an algorithm and no implementation > >> is mentioned anywhere. Of course, the bulk of us would like to slap > >> those patent guys with some of Knuth's thickest books! > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "The Java Posse" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.