Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-28 Thread Remko Troncon
> There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > guys seen this: This is not the first time (and it certainly won't be the last) that Microsoft issues bogus patents. As mentioned before, there clearly is prior art here, so a patent like that will never hold up in court. A

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:38:46AM -0500, Bob Woodside wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:55:11 -0700 > Michael Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > > guys seen this: > > > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sec

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:14:49AM +0100, calmar wrote: > "F. Kater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Michael Wilkinson: > > > >> There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > >> guys seen this: > >> > >> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITO

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Julian Finn
guys, in any case: is this something to be worried about? i mean.. prior art and stuff...? Cheers, Julian * Michael Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040225 15:55]: > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > guys seen this: > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/np

LiteStep Was: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Matthew Allen
sy to write litstep off as it once was. m. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Toshi Isogai > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:01 AM > To: fvwm@fvwm.org > Subject: Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent > > The last time

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Toshi Isogai
The last time I tried to use this 'Litestep' on NT machine, which I believe it was sometime around 2002/3, its functionality was not even close to the level of fvwm. I used it for a while because it was the only virtual desktop I could find for Windows and still I had to dump it because it was less

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Dominik Vogt
An article on arstechinca specifically mentioning FvwmPager and Enlightenment: http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1077781268.html Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Dominik Vogt
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:38:46AM -0500, Bob Woodside wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:55:11 -0700 > Michael Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > > guys seen this: > > > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sec

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Bob Woodside
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:55:11 -0700 Michael Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > guys seen this: > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Richard Ellis
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:55:11AM -0700, Michael Wilkinson wrote: > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have > you guys seen this: > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%222003

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread Dominik Vogt
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 07:19:21AM +0100, F. Kater wrote: > Michael Wilkinson: > > > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > > guys seen this: > > > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread calmar
"F. Kater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Wilkinson: > >> There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you >> guys seen this: >> >> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%222003

Re: FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-26 Thread F. Kater
Michael Wilkinson: > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you > guys seen this: > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220030189597%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030189597&RS=DN/200301

FVWM: Microsoft Patent

2004-02-25 Thread Michael Wilkinson
There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you guys seen this: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220030189597%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030189597&RS=DN/20030189597 -- Visit the officia