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Re: Another reason patents suck

• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• To: Dave Winer <dave@u...>
• Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:46:27 -0400 (EDT)

Dave Winer scripsit:

> So I look for a bold name. That indicates something that's changed since the
> last time I looked.
> 
> Now why did I think of that? Because I use Outlook Express. That's how they
> indicate that a mailbox has changed.

[snip]

> Now, would Microsoft like to stop me from using that little technique?
> 
> I would surprised if they would. After all they Only Steal From The Best,
> themselves. ;->

In particular, the same technique is used in Netscape/Mozilla.  It would
be interesting to discover who did it first.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@c...
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