[Mimedefang] More patent stupidity

G. Roderick Singleton gerry at pathtech.org
Sat May 14 14:47:57 EDT 2005


On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 14:17 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 13:28 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote:
> > Ben Kamen wrote:
> > 
> > > Spare me, Computers have been scanning virii since the Crapintosh. (and
> > > possibly earlier) Just because the scanning has been moved from the
> > > desktop to the server or some other intermediary doesn't make it
> > > patentable.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, it does.
> > 
> > So: Does anyone have evidence of server-based virus-scanning before
> > 1997?
> > 
> 
> 1996 do? If yes, where to put the tarfile?

Nevermind. Brad's reference is more to the point than what I have. What
I have is a bunch of m4 scripts from Claus that do not involve a
scanner.
> 
> 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > David.
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