source file: m1452.txt Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:10:24 -0700 Subject: Re: Patent Alert - Microsoft owns computer composition? From: "Jonathan M. Szanto" Hey folks, Do a search on "Todor Fay"; any search engine will do, I imagine. You'll see he's been programming sound/midi/software stuff for quite a while, and most of this was developed on the Amiga. Apparantly his last company, Blue Ribbon Soundworks, got bought by Microsoft. Now they own his brain and it's handywork. If anyone is truly shocked, surf a bit until you find his email at Microsoft and then try and convince him he was stupid to allow them to co-opt his ideas. Me, I just accept this as the decline of Western civilization in the late 20th century. Oh, yes: can everyone please turn off their MIME encoding doo-hickeys when posting to the list so we don't have to scroll through ASCII wallpaper? Thanks.... Cheers, Jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan M. Szanto | Corporeal Meadows: Harry Partch, online. . . jszanto@adnc.com | http://www.corporeal.com/