Subject: [TS] Re: Patent issed for The Brain
From: Michael Simcich (msimcich@accesstools.com)
Date: Sun Mar 12 2000 - 14:11:00 EST
OK, I am glad to have some company on this issue.
I wanted to right to Richard Stallman, but couldn't locate an email address
for him. So I wrote to gnu@gnu.org. Have any better address at your
fingertips?
Is there a chance that the Brain's Window's centricity makes it seem less
important/interesting/worthy of notice amoungst open source/free software
folks? I'm relatively new to the scene so my perspective is limited.
Still havent' heard a peep from the Jerry's Brain eGroup, and that puzzles
me. It used to have some real free thinkers enrolled, as (back then) the
Brain represented a useful new interface paradigm, or at least a new example
of the mindmap concept.
Michael Simcich
AccessTools
-----Original Message-----
From: bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu [mailto:bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 11:01 AM
To: thoughtstream@eGroups.com
Subject: [TS] Re: Patent issed for The Brain
"michael simcich" <msimcic-@accesstools.com> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/thoughtstream/?start=140
> I've read what was posted by Ben to Slashdot back in Oct or whatever,
and
> one thing I noticed is that most of the respondents seemed to think
that the
> patent wouldn't be awarded. Oops. Ben, would you mind posting to
slashdot on
> this new development? I already submitted an article but it was
declined (I
> guess the article on the new MS game stations was more important).
Yeah, I'll try to write something up for /.. I'm not sure how
worthwhile it will be, given the declining quality of discussions
there, but at least it will raise awareness. Maybe /. will be more
likely to post it if I point out that this patent probably hits
everything.blockstackers.com as well.
>
> I did get an article up at technocrat.net,
> http://technocrat.net/952758993/index_html. I've also written to
Andreas K,
> the Minciu Sodas guy, as he has some kind of relationship with
Natrificial.
> Also Dave Wiener of Userland (Frontier, Manila, etc), who is also
pretty
> disgusted with it, and the Jerry's Brain eGroup here (no one has
responded
> to my post there yet).
>
I appreciate all the effort to spread the word.
By the way, if anyone tried to email me between about 1AM and 10AM
Eastern time on Saturday, please re-send it (just mail to me
personally; I can see the list mail in the archives).
-Ben
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