Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!amdahl!JUTS!ked01 From: ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More intellectual property CBM needs to worry about.... Summary: NO ... they don't ...!!! Message-ID: Date: 12 Aug 90 00:08:46 GMT References: Reply-To: ked01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Distribution: comp Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 65 In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) writes: > > As far as I can tell, the "virtual desktop" described herein is > identical to the feature of 2.0 that allows the workbench screen to be > bigger than the physical screen. I vaguelly recall a hack that > implemented this feature a while back. If the author - or someone with > proof of date of publication of that hack - could get that information > to these people, it could save a lot of people some heartaches. Thankfully, *some* companies aren't out to try and control everything in sight, as *other* companies are attempting to do. Solbourne has just gone up significantly as a company I would want to do business with. As posted in gnu.announce, and elsewhere: >From: jim@doc.ic.ac.uk (James I Murphy) >Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,gnu.announce,comp.emacs,gnu.emacs,gnu.misc.discuss >Subject: Re: TWM Virtual Desktop >Message-ID: <62390@bu.edu.bu.edu> >Date: 10 Aug 90 10:17:43 GMT >Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. > > >Re: TWM Virtual Desktop. > >You will no doubt have been aware of a situation that recently occurred >between Solbourne Computer Inc and Imperial College (London). >Mr Paul Lippe (Vice President, General Counsel) of Solbourne Computer Inc >and Mr James Murphy (Head of the Computing Support Group) Imperial College >have been involved in discussions to resolve this matter of the Solbourne >Window Manager and the "look and feel" similarities of a product written by >Dave Edmondson, a systems programmer in my group. > >Solbourne and Imperial College have agreed to a statement which is listed >below. > > 1. Dave Edmondson of Imperial College developed a "TWM virtual > desktop" which Solbourne believes has a similar look-and-feel > to the Solbourne window manager. > > 2. Solbourne contacted Imperial College to understand whether > Imperial College's implementation was a copy of Solbourne's > product. Imperial College has assured Solbourne that it did > not copy Solbourne's product, and Solbourne acknowledges that > there was no improper conduct by Imperial College. > > 3. Solbourne never threatened any legal action of any kind. > > 4. Solbourne and Imperial College have agreed without prejudice > that Imperial can do whatever it wants with the TWM Virtual > Desktop, including releasing it through the X Consortium at MIT. > > 5. Imperial College is satisified with the resolution of this issue. > >James Murphy. /kim -- UUCP: kim@uts.amdahl.com -OR- ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25