[Coco] GIF

[Roger Taylor]

At 11:30 PM 12/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Yep, I had heard the story of how some company (Unisys, or CIS) had thrown a
>damper on GIF usage for a few years by trying to collect patent royalties.
>
>I agree that letting something become common as dirt and then jumping up with
>a patent lawsuit is dirty pool.  Sort of like SCO suddenly claiming that
>their UNIX patents read on Linux.  I hope that gets settled soon (and not 
>in SCO's
>favor).

I'm willing to bet Bill Gates had *something* to do with that one.




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