Re: [seul-edu] Patent abuse...

["J. Nathan Matias" <ruberpaw@ptdprolog.net>]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 03:31:34PM +0100, Chris Puttick wrote:
> It'd have to be a patent on a pencil used for attendance data. 
> 
> More seriously, any evidence for the use of wireless links in education
> would be useful - if you know of a specific case where wireless networking
> was used, with or without electronic attendance data, this would help
> prevent the patent owners from claiming infringements.

Think AlohaNet. Radio packet network. It was used by a college in Hawaii.

They tied it into the Arpanet in the early days of the 'net. 

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