[Sussex] Simple points of view !

[Geoff Teale]

> my.yahoo.com has been doing this, how can they claim they invented it within the
> last few days, or have I missed something??

Matt,

Patent's take time.  Microsoft applied for the patent in 1996 it has
just come through now (7 years later).

I imagine there _is_ prior art if this ever came to court.
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