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From: James Sutherland <jas88@cam.ac.uk>
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.

Perhaps that's it, then. Or maybe the story is a little distorted. No
doubt you've spotted that IBM does have quite a significant portfolio of
patents, though!


James.

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