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Article #304Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 08:34
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 08:34
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In <1995Jan9.194613.23811@unislc.slc.unisys.com> msmith@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Matt Smith) writes: >Wrong. It was widely known to be patented. The patent was granted in >1985, two full years before Compuserve decided to use it in the >development of GIF. Lots of other companies came to Unisys to license >the technology before that. I thought Unisys didn't even exist at that time? (How soon we forget. Burroughs, Univac expunged. History rewritten.) -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
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