Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as reference

[Thiago Macieira]

Stefan Taferner wrote:
>> Didn't the first KDE release (in 1996?) include a taskbar?
>
>Kde was later than Win95.

As far as I know, if you release something before you file for its 
patent, you lose the right to do so. So Microsoft cannot later decide 
to patent something they released two years before.

Or am I wrong?

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