[plug] MS Wins Patent for Web Standard

[David Campbell]

Date sent:      	Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:19:39 +0800
From:           	Oliver White <ojw at iinet.net.au>
Organization:   	Free Source
To:             	plug at linux.org.au
Subject:        	Re: [plug] MS Wins Patent for Web Standard
Send reply to:  	plug at linux.org.au

> Personaly I'm more worried about my backyard "Butt Hinge" business...
> 
> http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05819372__&language=en

After looking at this patent I would doubt it would be practical from 
an engineering point of view. There are two many parts, very 
difficult to manufacture (cheaply) and instalation would be very 
messy.

Sounds like some M$ employee was chasing some sort of bonus for 
filing a patent application.

David Campbell
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