Re: Borland Patent 5,436,637

From: Derek Davidson (derek.davidson_at_REMOVEenterpriseblue.co.uk)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: 16 Jun 2004 10:13:19 -0700

A Mackie wrote:

> Perhaps Borland should be paying royalties for their auto-updating
> QualityCentral client ?

Oh dear, this from the same article:

"Microsoft itself has been pursuing a flurry of patents recently. The
software giant was recently awarded a patent
</Microsoft+checks+off+patent+win/2100-1008_3-5228693.html?tag=nl> for
technology that generates a to-do list from notes left in source code. "

Borland better hope that MS don't have them in their sights <g> 

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