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So an expired patent which was previously owned by IBM is why Apple cannot have windows tiling but Windows and Linux have had for decades?
by rhaway84773 3y ago
So an expired patent which was previously owned by IBM is why Apple cannot have windows tiling but Windows and Linux have had for decades?
- delfinom 3y agoIt's assumed Microsoft paid the troll toll (probably 2 decades ago). Linux is a complicated field to litigate anyone over a patent. It does happen just not easily compared to suing a big corp. But o god I found more cancer: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110099512 https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110099512 Splitting one monitor into two virtual monitors is patented. Fuck you LG.
- rchaud 3y agoSamsung DeX (Android desktop environment) has window snapping via click and drag as well
- hackernewds 3y agoHow can such general technologies be privately patented? What if someone patented the QWERTY keyboard?
- bluejekyll 3y agoQWERTY was patented, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY “Patent No. 207,559, issued August 27, 1878 to Christopher Sholes.” https://patents.google.com/patent/US207559A/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US207559A/en