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Comment Some random company would have patented it... (Score 1) 154

by nurrud on Friday August 12, 2011 @07:56PM (#37075618) Attached to: What If Tim Berners-Lee Had Patented the Web?

later and would get it's patent approved. If it's a big company with big bucks for lawyers, even prior art wouldn't get it revoked. Most companies would not want and/or be able to afford to litigate (assuming the big companies would not immediately see it's value as happened with Tim's invention).

Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Is Officially Dead 190

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:34AM from the snuffing-out-long-fading-hopes dept.

ndogg writes "There is no longer any uncertainty surrounding the release of Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux. It's official: the port is now dead. No reasons were given, but no one should be waiting for it anymore, if anyone still was."

Comment Still complaints about Java JRE size? (Score 1) 381

by nurrud on Saturday March 05, 2005 @09:26PM (#11856159) Attached to: Invisible Malware Install 65MB Large

A complaint I often heard is that client-side Java required too large a download. Even the latest bloatware JRE 1.5 is 15 MB. Sounds to me like .NET with it's automatic download of 65 MB is one more way Microsoft is abusing its OS monopoly.

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