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- From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
- Subject: fax back from DTMF system
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <721368954snx@crynwr.com>
- References: <1992Nov9.033252.2342@spdcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 04:15:54 GMT
- Organization: Crynwr Software
- Lines: 20
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- In article <1992Nov9.033252.2342@spdcc.com> eli@spdcc.com writes:
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- brian@audiofax.com (Brian Troxell) writes:
- !Baloney. Licensed by whom? What the devil are you talking about?
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- faxback is patented!
-
- Um, you all owe me back-licenses-fees. You see, I patented the
- technology of returning a numeric error code in combination with a
- readable error message. So NNTP belongs to me, US Patent # 2754233.
- Yup, SMTP and FTP belong to me also. Now pay up!
-
- Oh, and that idea you just had a few minutes agos? About glitzing
- the framataz? Sorry, I beat you to it, it's patented. You owe me
- $50, "thinking of my patented idea fee".
-
- [ The preceding bullshit (including patented faxback) has been
- brought to you by the USPTO. Maybe Bill Clinton could sign an
- executive order cancelling all this nonsense?? ]
-
- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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