Eldmannen Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 "BlueJ is a popular academic IDE which lets students have a visual programming interface. Microsoft copied the design in their 'Object Test Bench' feature in Visual Studio 2005 and even admitted it. Now, a patent application has come to light which patents the very same feature, blatantly ignoring prior art." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Standard ops. I had to use BlueJ in my Java course. The interface is uniquely suited for the learning environment, but that doesn't make software patents a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 Yeah, I really really hate software patents. They should not exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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