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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. It's True. by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's nothing that Amiga demos cannot accomplish. They are the stuff that drives our society forward.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.
  2. What's an Amiga? by Itninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, is that some kind of Mexican Facebook?

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    I judt got a nre Kinesis keybiartf so please excusr ant egregiou typos.
  3. 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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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  4. Re:MORE by RichardDeVries · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those millions are spent on implementations, not on 'concepts and ideas'.

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    Error 001
    Security Scan and Virus Detection do not work with your operating system.
  5. Upton Sinclair to the rescue by way of Al Gore by jeko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

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    He put his boots up on the table and made a face. "The sig," he smirked. "You can waste your life in search of the sig."