Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:52:10 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Linux stifles innovation... |
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR). > But wasn't that Xerox that had that?
US Patent #4,197,590 held by NuGraphics, Inc.
> Yeah, the same ones that screwed us over with the compression patent > that shot .gif images out of the sky. There was inovation for you.
That wasn't Xerox. That was Unisys (due to LZW).
-Dan
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