surface

[Derek Broughton]

Donn wrote:

>> I give Microsoft
>> full credit for inventing a new interface
> 
> Uh... Can one invent something that has already been done? I can't find
> the link, but another chap has been doing this for a few years already.

Well Dotan says they invented it, but that anyone else could do it.  That's
not how MS works.  _If_ they'd invented it, you can guarantee that they'd
have it locked up with software patents, and _nobody_ could duplicate it
without facing their lawyers.
-- 
derek