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SCO Bankruptcy Hearing: SCO's Exclusivity Period is Over
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| I can't believe there's yet more major news, all in one day. But there is,
| from the bankruptcy front. SCO's period of exclusivity is over, as you can
| see from the minutes of today's hearing [PDF]. Look at number 1 on the list
| under the heading "Proceedings" and you will see the word: "DENIED". This was
| regarding the SCO motion [PDF] to extend the period of exclusivity, it's 4th,
| the motion that Al Petrofsky objected to pro se, as you can see on the Notice
| of matters on the agenda for today.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090330173729611
Microsoft Patents
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| There are many patents held by Microsoft which should have been denied due to
| the existance of prior art or because they're self-evident and are not true
| inventions as defined by U.S. patent law:
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| * Double-clicking a button (6,727,830)
| * Grouping task bar buttons (6,756,999)
| * Two-way scroll mouse (6,700,564)
| * Task list generated for software developers (6,748,582)
| * Using the human body as a conductive medium for power and data
| (6,754,472) (much prior art done by research labs)
| * The equivalent of the sudo Unix command (6,775,781) as old as at least
| 1980
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http://www.msversus.org/microsoft-patents.html
Related:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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