Invisible wrote:
> For example, all of the Windows APIs are patented,

I don't believe that's true. Do you have a patent number for "Windows APIs"?

Some things are patented, like the method for storing long file names on an 
8.3 FAT disk in a way that doesn't mess up normal 8.3 file system drivers, yes.

> Ah yes, Coca Cola. Seventy billion gallons of the stuff is made every 
> year, and yet, according to urban legend, only two people in the world 
> know how it's made. Yeah, right. ;-)

I'm surprised how rarely things like Windows source code gets leaked, myself.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
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