www.sysinternals.com have a file-system-driver for win98 that essentially 'wraps' the necessary W2K system files.
They have full read-write support going (have to pay for the write version).
So, it's possible to support NTFS5.
Maybe whoever is in charge (if anyone) of developing support under Linux should aim for the wrapper approach - that should mean that responding to any future changes that MS make would be easier also.
[BeOS also _reads_ NTFS5 OK, and has done so for as long as I've been using it (since the end of March, this year).]
Unfortunately, an earlier poster pointed out that the filing uses Word templates - restricting their usefulness to users of particular software on particular OSes.
It may be an improvement, but it's hardly equality.
Then it would be available to many more people, not relying on a particular software combination.
It would also be possible to do some basic validation (to make sure the form is filled out correctly) before the patent application is submitted (the Patent Office likely gets many badly filled out forms).
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www.sysinternals.com have a file-system-driver for win98 that essentially 'wraps' the necessary W2K system files.
They have full read-write support going (have to pay for the write version).
So, it's possible to support NTFS5.
Maybe whoever is in charge (if anyone) of developing support under Linux should aim for the wrapper approach - that should mean that responding to any future changes that MS make would be easier also.
[BeOS also _reads_ NTFS5 OK, and has done so for as long as I've been using it (since the end of March, this year).]
Unfortunately, an earlier poster pointed out that the filing uses Word templates - restricting their usefulness to users of particular software on particular OSes.
It may be an improvement, but it's hardly equality.
Luckily for the not-original poster, the USPTO is not renowned for checking for prior art.
This seems poorly thought out.
Surely this system could (should) be web-based?
Then it would be available to many more people, not relying on a particular software combination.
It would also be possible to do some basic validation (to make sure the form is filled out correctly) before the patent application is submitted (the Patent Office likely gets many badly filled out forms).