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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:35:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: Carlos Fernandez Sanz <cfernandez@myalert.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation...
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Carlos Fernandez Sanz wrote:
> I did some research on the patent database and found nothing regarding such
> a patent. There's patent on word processors (not the concept but related to)
> and uses tab on the description...and that patent is from 1980.

You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR).

-Dan

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