5 Jun
2004
5 Jun
'04
10:28 a.m.
Anivar Aravind said on Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 12:52:10PM +0800,:
I must say that in my entire life, I've never seen anything quite as stupid as what M$ has done this week -- i.e.patenting "clicking technology".
Groklaw has an excellent article on this; see
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040605025933409
I think I'll figure out a way to take an old Atari 2600 joystick and turn it into a clickless mouse....
Nah. No chance. Patents like this cover *concepts*. Not things. It covers double clicks. At first glance, this patent covers even the pause `button' on the tape recorder your gran presented you.
Have a sleepless night!!!
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