Future of Object Dock?

Apple Patents the Dock

Published on October 8, 2008 By Fortunato In Stardock Software

What is the future of Object Dock now that Apple has apparently been awarded a patent on it?

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/1224224

Comments

derbal213

on Oct 09, 2008

Unless Stardock is using the exact same techonology and code that Apple is using, it shouldn't affect Object Dock. If SD is forced to abandon ObjectDock, then there will be hell to pay.

Phazon88

on Oct 10, 2008

But Apple didn't invent it, and I know Brad Wardell will strongly attest to this (because it was from him I learnt this fact ).

Its been around for a while, its just only been popularised by Apple but it was hardly invented by them.

pmulcahy11b

on Oct 10, 2008

It doesn't matter who invented anything. It only matters who has the most money and slickest lawyers.

jumppoint1

on Oct 10, 2008

Plus the fact the basic idea was used around 24 years ago, this patent took such a long time to go through that it should be concidered invaild anyways.

GhoS

on Oct 10, 2008

From what I have read it covers only the maximizing type of dock when you hover over it with the mouse. But even that I'm sure Stardock can fight.

ZubaZ

on Oct 11, 2008

From what I have read it covers only the maximizing type of dock when you hover over it with the mouse.

Wouldn't it be interesting if the magnigfying option was removed from OD and then offered as a free user plug-in?

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