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IEEE Supports Software Patents In Wake of Bilski

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @08:47AM from the they're-going-to-hell-for-that dept.

Mark Atwood points out this critical commentary on the IEEE's response to the outcome of In Re. Bilski, which points out the contrast between work done by IEEE luminaries like Donald Knuth and lobbying for software patents.

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Re:lol Roy by toastar · 2010-06-30 09:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Pfft...
Everyone knows Dupont invented LaTeX... :P
Re:Who??? by Thinboy00 · 2010-06-30 13:12 · Score: 1, Funny

Are you the same idiot who didn't know who Knuth was yesterday?

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Re:speaking of knuth by LordKronos · 2010-06-30 14:28 · Score: 5, Funny

From his wiki page:
"At the TUG 2010 Conference, Knuth announced an XML-based successor to TeX, titled "iTeX", which would support features such as arbitrarily scaled irrational units, 3D printing, animation, and stereographic sound."