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From: wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: AT&T owns X-windows ??  (was Re: Software Patents)
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.124740.26026@pmsmam.uucp>
Date: 1 Mar 91 12:47:40 GMT
References: <820@puck.mrcu> <1804@pdxgate.UUCP>
Reply-To: wwm@pmsmam.UUCP (Bill Meahan)
Organization: Total disorganization, I assure you
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In article <1804@pdxgate.UUCP> berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) writes:
>paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson) writes:
>
>
>  Well... well... well... It's nice to see we're all exercising our legal
>rights. I never knew something as ridiculous as this even existed until
>X Windows became property of AT&T.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    SAY WHAT??????????

I subscribe to a large number of trade rags and have seen NO mention of this
whatsoever.  Are you SURE about this or are you just spreading a rumor based
on something like buying X for a particular computer model?

>  Oh well, if anyone ever uses software, we can always sue Sue SUE!!!!
>
>-unhappy..
>
>==============================================================================
>  Eric Berggren             |  "The force of the 'Dark Side' eminates from 
>  Computer Science/Eng.     |    the ominous DeathStar looming overhead." 
>  berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu  |            - Down with AT&T! -


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