From: Ellen K. 

OIC.  I seem to remember an environment where going back meant erasing... I
think doing SQL interactively in the mainframe, yes?

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:06:53 +0000, Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote in
message :

>Ellen K. wrote:
>> Not familiar with this story, care to elaborate?
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:28:25 +0000, Adam
>> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote in
>> message :
>>
>>> IBM was prevented from denying MS et al the
>>> "non-destructive cursor"
>>
>
>IBM created most of the fundamental "IP" in the world of computing
>including the "non-destructive cursor".
>
>As part of the consent decree IBM had to allow others unfettered use of
>such things. Can you imagine an Word processor without the
>"non-destructive cursor" i.e. every time you went back, the words you'd
>typed were wiped out.
>
>If IBM had been able & willing to "enforce it's IP"
there'd still only
>be IBM.
>
>Adam

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