Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:11:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:11:32 -0500 Received: from blackhole.compendium-tech.com ([206.55.153.26]:61939 "EHLO sol.compendium-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:11:24 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Linux stifles innovation... In-Reply-To: <4461B4112BDB2A4FB5635DE199587432022423@mail0.myrio.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Torrey Hoffman wrote: > On the other hand, they make excellent mice. The mouse wheel and > the new optical mice are truly innovative and Microsoft should be > commended for them. The idea of an optical mouse is nothing new: I've got an optical mouse sitting to the side of my keyboard as we speak, dated ::turns mouse over:: 1987. Produced for Sun Microsystems by Mouse Systems. Microsoft being innovative? Hell no... They stole that idea from someone else, as they have for decades (and will undoubtedly continue to do). It also wouldn't surprise me if MS is mimicing someone else's idea with the wheel... I can remember purchasing a Logitech mouse with that wheel long before I had seen a Micros~1 equivalent. Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/