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____/ Tony Manco on Wednesday 12 November 2008 15:04 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> More Microsoft BS:
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>> Mattrick adamant he invented avatars
>>
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>> | Microsoft boss Don Mattrick still believes he was the very first person to
>> | invent controllable 3D human avatars.
>> `----
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>> http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=289203%20%20
>>
>> No, people just put together existing knowledge to make new ideas. Ideas,
>> unlike implementations, cannot be owned. It would be travesty.
>
> That is Microsoft BS for sure...
To give an example of some Microsoft patents, consider the fact that the
company claims ownership of keystrokes for paging (PgUp and PgDn), the
double-click, and even tabbed browsing, which it was notoriously slow to adopt
and implement.
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