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Truth Behind the ClearType/OpenSUSE FUD

Posted by kdawson on from the making-it-clear dept.

Kennon writes "Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols over at Linux Watch clears up the FUD around Tuesday's Slashdot discussion concerning OpenSUSE, ClearType, and patent deals with Microsoft."

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  1. Microsoft didn't invent this idea. by ACMENEWSLLC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Microsoft may have a patent on ClearType, but they didn't invent it. We did the same thing in the Commodore 64 days with regards to fonts in graphics. I clearly recall zooming in on text and seeing different colors in the transition from text to background. I've spent many hundred hours doing graphic arts on the Commodore 64 and have been published.

    I guess prior art doesn't apply to patents anymore?

    "Sub-pixel font rendering with Free&Clear - Microsoft says they invented their "ClearType" technology, but I quickly and independently "invented" the same thing . . . as had others who came years before. It is very cool, but rather obvious. "

    http://www.grc.com/ct/cleartype.htm