[Gllug] Gates in Europe today pushing software patents

[- Tethys]

On 11/10/06, John G Walker <johngwalker at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> There's actually evidence that your supposition is correct.
>
> The essential core of the web (what makes it world-wide) is the idea of
> running hyperlinks across the internet. According to Tim Berners-Lee,
> he wasn't the first person to develop the idea. A private company had
> created a system that did this back in the early 1980s, but they
> charged a fee for its use. And, as you predicted (or postdicted), it
> died the death. I've even forgotten the name of the company, though

There were several. the one I used was Guide, developed by Peter Brown
at UKC. Like Miranda (also developed at UKC), it was made into a
commercial product, with some initial success. But lacking openness,
neither achieved widespread use, and both are essentially dead now.

Tet
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