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Article #73953Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Roland Schemers III
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 04:13
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 04:13
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>rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) writes: >> US patent number 4,956,809 covers using a single standard byte >> ordering for transfer of data between machines whose normal byte >> ordering is different. >[...] Thats like patenting adding 1 to a number to increment it. Next thing you know we will have to do the following: x := x + 2 -1 In order to increment something. How can something this black and white be patentable? I thought patents were supposed to be a 'novel' idea that is not obvious. You could take the problem of byte swapping to a 1st grade class and they could probably solve it. Roland -- Roland J. Schemers III Systems/Network Manager schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ultrix) Oakland University schemers@argo.acs.oakland.edu (VMS) Rochester, MI 48309-4401 OU in Michigan! Say it slow: M-i-c-h-i-g-a-n (313)-370-4323
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-15 22:34:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!vela!schemers From: schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <8061@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 16 Jul 91 04:13:57 GMT References: <9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <oND551w164w@mantis.co.uk> Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI. Lines: 22