>Check outghis article, it appears that somone recently patented the
>idea of using a pivot date, such as 30, and having the computer
>consider numbers below that pivot point as being in the year 20??, ie
>as being from 2000 - 2029. and he's trying to force companies that
>used that programming technique to fix their Y2K problems, to pay him
>millions. 70% of companies supposedly use that concept.
Just another argument for me to believe that no individual programming
techniques should be patentable, only total products... How many of
us have used that technique for years for things even before Y2K was
an issue?!
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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