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From: forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Scott Forbes)
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Subject: Re: Lawsuits and System 7.0
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Date: 11 Apr 91 22:27:25 GMT
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mireley@horus.cem.msu.EDU (John Mireley) writes:

>It will pave the way for AT&T's lawsuit against everybody for the use of
>tiled windows which they claim they invented.

In that case, expect to see the University of Illinois' lawsuit against...
(drum roll)... multitasking!!!  Ha ha hahahahahahhh!!!

No, really, the legend is that Illinois made this patent way back when
the PLATO system was invented.  It's utterly unenforceable (of course),
but wouldn't that royalty money be nice...
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