I knew they had been using it for a while, but I wasn't sure how long. I have only been working with Pick products for about 3 1/2 years. So, that's 31 years that Pick Systems has been using this. If that's not prior art, I don't know what is.
I posted earlier about the fact that Pick Systems has used this "windowing" technique in their operating systems and databases for probably at least 15-20 years.
I just remembered that the president of my company had an article published in "Computing News and Review" early this year (I think February), where he described how Pick products handle the years and pointed out that this would be a problem for mortgages and other programs starting in 2000 because the window cuts off at 2030.
I don't know if "Computing News and Review" has their old issues online or not, but if someone wants to dig out some old issues, the article was written by Scott Zachary.
There is surely a finite number of general technique for fixing the "Y2K bug". What happens when ALL techniques become patented? Do we have to just let our applications crash?
What about when someone patents the process of an application crashing due to the Y2k bug? Do we have to stop using computers at that point?
I'm not sure when they started it, but Pick Systems has been using this technique in their operating systems and databases for years. 00-29 are considered 20xx and 30-99 are considered 19xx. This has been going on for probably at least 15-20 years. Any applications written on a Pick system (and probably other MultiValue systems) is already taking advantage of this feature. http://picksys.com PEACE
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I knew they had been using it for a while, but I wasn't sure how long. I have only been working with Pick products for about 3 1/2 years. So, that's 31 years that Pick Systems has been using this. If that's not prior art, I don't know what is.
I posted earlier about the fact that Pick Systems has used this "windowing" technique in their operating systems and databases for probably at least 15-20 years.
I just remembered that the president of my company had an article published in "Computing News and Review" early this year (I think February), where he described how Pick products handle the years and pointed out that this would be a problem for mortgages and other programs starting in 2000 because the window cuts off at 2030.
I don't know if "Computing News and Review" has their old issues online or not, but if someone wants to dig out some old issues, the article was written by Scott Zachary.
Just trying to help.
PEACE
Alright, let's just say that this patent holds.
There is surely a finite number of general technique for fixing the "Y2K bug". What happens when ALL techniques become patented? Do we have to just let our applications crash?
What about when someone patents the process of an application crashing due to the Y2k bug? Do we have to stop using computers at that point?
This is totally riduculous!
I'm not sure when they started it, but Pick Systems has been using this technique in their operating systems and databases for years. 00-29 are considered 20xx and 30-99 are considered 19xx. This has been going on for probably at least 15-20 years. Any applications written on a Pick system (and probably other MultiValue systems) is already taking advantage of this feature. http://picksys.com PEACE