On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:50:47 -0500 Taavi Burns <taavi-LbuTpDkqzNzXI80/IeQp7B2eb7JE58TQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:42:21PM -0500, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:

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What is VERY interesting is that none of the patents in question have to do with the filesystem. They ALL have to do with the way DOS 6 started

DOS provided long filename support? Not that I remember. It all started with Windows 95.

I thought Win95 was Dos 7 with the GUI tied into it. SCO then Caldera proved the M$ mucked with the GUI so that DRDOS wouldn't work. Caldera made an out of court settlement and then announced an IPO shortly afterwards. They chose guaranteed money over providing a possible stake to the heart for M$. I think this was the beginning of the present day SCO and M$ relationship. John -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml