4 Jan
2006
4 Jan
'06
1:12 a.m.
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:13:36 PST, Bill Nash said:
Oh, that is sneaky, and so blaringly obvious of a hack as to be patentable. I bet it is. =)
It may have been patentable in the past. I know that Sun started using that trick starting *ages* ago (we're talking SunOS 3.1 and 3.2 days, so we're into the 20+ years arena here), so if it had been patented, the 17-year protection would have expired already... ;)