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Article #74676Re: AT&T Threat against X Windows freedom
From: Bruce Speyer
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1991 14:40
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1991 14:40
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In article <1991Feb27.231511.19935@digibd.com> rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: > The concept of backing store strikes me as being something that > could have easily been prior art, but only AT&T bothered to > patent it? Are there any examples of backing store before 1985? > I think AmigaDOS has had backing store since before 1984... The Apollo Aegis DM (Display Manager) back in 1982. Bruce Speyer / MCC CAD Program EMail: speyer@mcc.com 3500 West Balcones Center Drive Phone: [512] 338-3668 Austin, TX. 78759 Fax: [512] 338-3897
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b0a85d23901c1430 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-02-28 10:33:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!radar!cadillac!joy!speyer From: speyer@joy.cad.mcc.com (Bruce Speyer) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: AT&T Threat against X Windows freedom Message-ID: <16781@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM> Date: 28 Feb 91 14:40:21 GMT References: <1991Feb25.043755.17220@algor2.algorists.com> <1991Feb27.231511.19935@digibd.com> Sender: news@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM Reply-To: speyer@MCC.COM (Bruce Speyer) Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, TX Lines: 10