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Title: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Nemesis6 on September 09, 2010, 04:36:43 pm
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Microsoft just received confirmation of a patent that hands the company the intellectual property of shutting an operating system down.
I can’t quite recall how often Microsoft has talked about a faster way to shut down its operating system. It is part of the pitch of virtually every new operating system and it has remained an annoyance that it can take quite some time until the software in fact closes running applications and the operating system itself.
In August 2005, Microsoft filed for a patent to more efficiently shut down its Windows operating system as well as other operating systems, including Apple’s Mac OS X, and override running programs that may prevent Windows from closing. That particular feature has been implemented for some time in Windows and is known as the notification screen just before the actual shutdown, if a user has requested Windows to close and other programs with open and unsaved documents are still running.

http://www.conceivablytech.com/2530/products/microsoft-patents-operating-system-shutdown/

also, here: http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/microsoft-patents-operating-system.html

This is kind of absurd, huh?  :D
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 09, 2010, 05:12:36 pm
i read somewhere that there are some thousands of patents per year for perpetual motion devices.  so this isn't all that surprising.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: S-99 on September 09, 2010, 08:26:31 pm
The day (even though it's already here) is coming soon that it will be illegal to build you're own equivalent stuff of whatever it is, since you can patent IDEAS, and not actual things.

Stifle competition, and stifle innovation. Microsoft's patent guarantee to you :lol:
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Liberator on September 09, 2010, 08:34:17 pm
I have the fastest way to shutdown an OS ever, and it can't be patented.

Reach your hand down to the wall socket and pull out the plug.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Nuke on September 09, 2010, 08:37:15 pm
linux users should try to patent system startup now.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Kosh on September 09, 2010, 09:12:24 pm
Can't be any worse than this (http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/09/0057208)
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 09, 2010, 09:13:08 pm
The day (even though it's already here) is coming soon that it will be illegal to build you're own equivalent stuff of whatever it is, since you can patent IDEAS, and not actual things.

Stifle competition, and stifle innovation. Microsoft's patent guarantee to you :lol:

not really true.  ask anyone in industry and they will tell you patents are essentially useless.  all they prevent is an EXACT copy of your product/idea.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on September 09, 2010, 10:07:20 pm
Microsoft operating systems actually shut down?  I thought you just hit that option to have it lock up or waited for a BSOD to reboot.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Bobboau on September 09, 2010, 10:25:44 pm
yeah it's called hitting the save button, the computer will BSOD before it has a chance to finish writing the file and reboot before you have the time to find out nothing on the screen will help you in any way.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: IceFire on September 09, 2010, 10:50:16 pm
I have the fastest way to shutdown an OS ever, and it can't be patented.

Reach your hand down to the wall socket and pull out the plug.
Too late. I have a patent for unplugging things from plugs in walls :)
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Rodo on September 09, 2010, 10:52:37 pm
If having patents makes them happy, then so be it.

Some companies have staff mettings to discuss ways of improving service and the likes, others have those just to figure out how to make one or two bucks more per week.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on September 09, 2010, 10:52:43 pm
/me patents throwing the main breaker

Just in case I'm writing up ones for nuking the power plant and blocking all sunlight.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Nuke on September 11, 2010, 06:25:05 am
i tried to patent taking a piss, but somone already beat me to it. so im going to try to patent masturbating, id be filty rich if that one goes through.
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: headdie on September 11, 2010, 06:45:33 am
i tried to patent taking a piss, but somone already beat me to it. so im going to try to patent masturbating, id be filty rich if that one goes through.

can I negotiate a 1p per wank fee in that case
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: qazwsx on September 11, 2010, 09:35:02 am
i tried to patent taking a piss, but somone already beat me to it. so im going to try to patent masturbating, id be filty rich if that one goes through.

can I negotiate a 1p per wank fee in that case
you'd be broke in no time :P
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Solace on September 11, 2010, 10:15:36 am
interesting
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: headdie on September 11, 2010, 10:36:55 am
i tried to patent taking a piss, but somone already beat me to it. so im going to try to patent masturbating, id be filty rich if that one goes through.

can I negotiate a 1p per wank fee in that case
you'd be broke in no time :P

hey I'm not that bad!!!!!!! maybe..... :(
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: Cyker on September 11, 2010, 10:45:26 am
Wat... How can there not be prior art for this?!

(Shutting down a PC, not masturbating. Although I'm sure masturbating also has quite extensive prior art...)
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: S-99 on September 11, 2010, 04:50:27 pm
Microsoft should have had an extra patent to go along with this to cover masturbation. A lot of people at microsoft are masturbating over this patent. Time to get the employees to pay up.
yeah it's called hitting the save button, the computer will BSOD before it has a chance to finish writing the file and reboot before you have the time to find out nothing on the screen will help you in any way.
lulz
Title: Re: Microsoft Patents Operating System Shutdown
Post by: qazwsx on September 12, 2010, 05:56:32 am
HLP: Software Patents to masturbating in under 15 posts...