When I submitted this story, I mentioned that VMware, VNC, Wine, Wabi, and Citrix Metaframe might all pre-date the patent application. The initial patent application date was June 17, 1994, so VMware looks to be too new, but I just checked the source tree of VNC version 3.3.3 and found 339 files dated April 27, 1994. That's not conclusive, of course (we'd need to see the cvs history), but it at least hints at the fact that VNC existed before the patent application. Wine, Wabi, and Citrix might also pre-date the 6/17/94 date.
Um, not start a YAFW, but could someone please tell me WHY dpkg is supposedly better than rpm. I've been doing quite a bit with rpm lately and find it quite incredible. I have not, however, had any experience with dpkg and would like to see a point-by-point comparison. I'm trying to bait anyone, or anything, I seriously want to know.
On the topic at hand, I think this is awesome! I was just saying this morning (but only joking) that CDE is dead now that GNOME and KDE are here. Now, if the other *nix vendors would just follow suite, we'd all have a FREE desktop.
-Paul Iadonisi / Consultant Collective Technologies Team Yankee, Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
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When I submitted this story, I mentioned that VMware, VNC, Wine, Wabi, and Citrix Metaframe might all pre-date the patent application. The initial patent application date was June 17, 1994, so VMware looks to be too new, but I just checked the source tree of VNC version 3.3.3 and found 339 files dated April 27, 1994. That's not conclusive, of course (we'd need to see the cvs history), but it at least hints at the fact that VNC existed before the patent application. Wine, Wabi, and Citrix might also pre-date the 6/17/94 date.
Oops. I meant, "I NOT trying to bait anyone..."
=-O
-Paul Iadonisi
Um, not start a YAFW, but could someone please tell me WHY dpkg is supposedly better than rpm. I've been doing quite a bit with rpm lately and find it quite incredible. I have not, however, had any experience with dpkg and would like to see a point-by-point comparison. I'm trying to bait anyone, or anything, I seriously want to know.
On the topic at hand, I think this is awesome! I was just saying this morning (but only joking) that CDE is dead now that GNOME and KDE are here. Now, if the other *nix vendors would just follow suite, we'd all have a FREE desktop.
-Paul Iadonisi / Consultant
Collective Technologies
Team Yankee, Local Linux Lobbyist
Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux.
GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
YAFW=Yet Another Flame War