article :
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995072

Now, tell me, who is going to pay to microsoft for using double click in his/her programs?
Here's my opinion :
MATRIX

idiots...

This is old news... But it's still a stupid patent that shouldn't have been granted. Sadly patents like this are becoming increasingly common

Ideas cannot be patented. This is a nonsense and a delay for the developement of all the mankind.

Welcome back to the OBSCURANTISM ! !
The new Inquisition is here.

Oh common. Patents are fine... outside of software.

You should recieve credit for inventing the zipper, and you should recieve credit for inventing the printing press.

But patents were designed to be fair when patenting ideas similar to soap. Software is nothing like soap, in fact, ideas that software have just don't make sense most of the time, because patents were made for soap, not software.

That's not true! All idea behind patents is to protect ideas. The problem with software patents is - are we think of software development as technical invention or as an art? Software can be protected enough by copyright laws, the same way as music, writings and other arts are protected.

There is many differences between patenting software and patenting in other fields. Some of them:

1) In countries where software patents are legimitime, software is "protected" both by copyright law and patents law. You can't find the same thing in other fields, as copyrights protects intelectual property (music, writings, etc...), but patents protect technical inventions. So you must decide, what software is - art or technical invention?

2) In IT field technologies are evolving very very fast, so patent lifetime of 20 years practically speaking means that patent holder will have lifetime monopoly on specific idea.

Double click patent? Ok, then I`ll click once on an icon to select it, and then press ENTER to run... or we`re gonna have a keyboard typing patent??? Then I`ll write on every wall i see: "m$ suxx!"

How does m$ going to check usage of double or single click on my machine?

I wonder how linux and apple are going to do about this? LAUGH?

maybe they need tripple click or cripple click?

Let`s patent tripple click for LINUX

They patented every combination of clicks with one button.

You cannot patent ideas: patents are for process involving an energy transformation of any kind.

Whould you pay Microsoft for these kind of patents?

Yes, they deserve it (5)


i guess, we got some MS people lurking around here !!

Hy all, well, you're wrong, i wrote it just for fun
i didn't thought of someone whould choose that.
MATRIX

hi matrix, so sorry, i misunderstood that chart

i thought 5 people click that !
well, after i cast my vote,
i saw, i am in the majority 52%, microsoft is crazy

they should blow up microsoft and tear off gate's balls.

Doubleclick?

To launch an application using mouse, one should do the following:
- press left button;
- release it;
- press again - program starts at this time!!

So, actually we might patent this *1.5 click* and earn a lot of money from microsoft

this is old news... luckily we here in the EU doesn't have that absurd patent law -- but FEAR! we MIGHT! (if the idiots may decide!!!!)

Besides, they're seeking patent for virtual dekstop manager-- you know the stuff that's been avalible in (among others) most window managers running on linux for many many many years....

I wonder, can I patent the process of ensuring nobody else can take advantage of my innovations/creations..... (ie patenting the patent process, though, I'd probably succed and if I patented sueing/prosecuting, then no one would be able to prosecute me (to test if the pataent I gained is legal, as the __ patent office doesn't investigate patent request anymore but just accept them an let the one with most lawyers decide who's right in a court......))

I will patent the right of charging me :DDD
then i can't be charged or jailed for anything without my permission
what do you say?
MATRIX

lol,
that is mean :p

notice: /me is listening to: "Accept - Balls to the wall" and sings along

(full lyrics: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Balls-To-The-Wall-lyrics-Accept/B9E70DFCEFC5C2D24825696A00156E8E )

I suddely see a sumbliminal message (or maybe, I see what I want - I'm a millitant penguin, think of how that affects my interprenation of the text )