Microsoft Patents 'IsNot'

[Eddie Parker]

Best way to discourage visual basic knock offs, is to try and use visual
basic, in my opinion.

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My guess is Microsoft hopes to discourage Visual Basic knock-offs.  Claim 2
clearly seems to restrict the scope to BASIC.

Seems pretty slimy.

Skip
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