theodp writes "Microsoft may have been a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to parallel programming, but that's not stopping the software giant from trying to patent it. This week, the USPTO revealed that Microsoft has three additional parallel-processing patents pending — 1. Partitioning and Repartitioning for Data Parallel Operations, 2. Data Parallel Searching, and 3. Data Parallel Production and Consumption. Informing the USPTO that 'Software programs have been written to run sequentially since the beginning days of software development,' Microsoft adds there's been a '[recent] shift away from sequential execution toward parallel execution.' Before they grant the patents, let's hope the USPTO gets a second opinion on the novelty of Microsoft's parallel-processing patent claims."
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Well last year they patented verb conjugation (Score:1)
Well last year they patented verb conjugation... I wish they enforced that patent that way, we'd always use the infinitive for verbs like in chinese.
of course more obvious ridiculous patents have been granted, like in australia... the wheel
the patent system is broken, nothing new
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They probably did that for Ballmer's benefit.
Somehow, Monkey Boy saying :" I be go fuck kill Google " just doesn't have the same ring to it.