Keyboards
Duane Attaway
dattaway at dattaway.org
Sun Apr 20 17:48:00 CDT 2003
On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 admin at kclinux.net wrote:
> If I recall correctly, Microsoft patented the windows keys and the
> funtions they do. I cant find the article on google, but I do remember
> reading that no one can use that key in the same way as windows uses it
> (bringing up a menu). But they can use them for other things (like
> launching a program) by a default. But you can play around and make any
> key do whatever you want.
So its legal to define any process to a "windows" key as long as its not
the pager.
Has anyone patented the process of walking and chewing gum at the same
time yet?
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