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Amiga Demonstration Helps Win Against Patent Troll

Posted by timothy on from the one-million-billygoats-gruff dept.

Amigan writes "Over on Groklaw, PJ is reporting that an actual demonstration of the Amiga OS (circa 1988) on an Amiga A1000 may have been the turning point in the lawsuit of IP Innovation v. Red Hat/Novell."

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  1. Re:It's True. by digitalchinky · · Score: 4, Informative

    Although I saw my first piece of digital porn on the commodore 64 (Samantha fox if I recall) - it wasn't until the Amiga came along that I ~really~ saw porn, with actual skin tone. (Sheds a tear) It certainly drove my collection forward.

  2. Re:Say what? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Informative

    Multiple screens and switching.

    this was the original shout out requesting reader prior art:
    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141

    about 10 comments into the discussion someone mentions this is exactly what the amiga had.

    http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20071011205044141&title=M%24+Virtual+Desktop+Manager+licensed+by+IP+Innovation%3F&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=634370#c634821

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