Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Keith G. Murphy
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:00

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Phil Hunt wrote:
> 
> In article <slrn71hu0p.3pi.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu>
>            dblake@phy.ucsf.edu "Dave Blake " writes:
> > In article <6vas4k$7tq$1@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, Mr S A Penny wrote:
> > >if you have a copy of the windows95 licence, I suggest you read it carefully,
> > >it sayt that your use of it is only under the condition that you make no
> >  attempt
> > >to reverse-engineer it, don't let anyone else use it, install it on anyone
> > >else's computer etc.etc.etc...
> >
> > They would have to have patented the ideas in Word to make it
> > illegal to reverse engineer it.
> 
> They would find it hard to patent, because the only innovative idea
> in Word97 is "make is as bloated, slow, and buggy as possible". And
> even that is covered by prior art, for example Word95.
> 
And even there, they didn't succeed, since you can be sure that they
will be able to make it *more* bloated, slow, and buggy in future
efforts.  ;-)

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From: "Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/07
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