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Linux The title of the article seems familiar to you? Naturally it would, when you read something like this. But I do state the corresponding sentence isn't even grammatically correct, thereby making it difficult for me to parody. I am sure that Linux is not close to extinction but is rather gaining momentum or at least holding its ground.
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Basic UI concepts
by Jody on Wed 6th Dec 2006 03:11 UTC
Jody
Member since:
2005-06-30

After reading that the internet is now over 16 years old not so long ago I realized that many of the most basic concepts we use in GUI's today were released in the early 90's and likely patented before that.

After these technologies hit the 20 year mark it won't matter who started doing it or patented it first becasue patents are only good for 20 years.

That might seem like a long time but not when you consider that UNIX has been around since the 60's and Vista is going to be released almost 17 years after Windows 3.0.

The GUI really has not changed much since Win95, the patents for which will likely mostly expire between 2009 and 2013.

RE: Basic UI concepts
by lopisaur on Wed 6th Dec 2006 09:53 in reply to "Basic UI concepts"
lopisaur Member since:
2006-02-27

Mmm, the Internet started as ARPANET in 1969.
The basic GUI concepts appeared at Xerox' PARC in the '70s.
These technologies HAVE hit the 20 year mark and as you can see, who started doing what and when still matters.

And you can renew patents, you know?

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RE[2]: Basic UI concepts
by Johann Chua on Wed 6th Dec 2006 11:00 in reply to "RE: Basic UI concepts"
Johann Chua Member since:
2005-07-22

No you can't. That's the whole point of the patent system, so people will share their knowledge rather than make everything a trade secret.

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