IBM monotheism

[MalignD at aol.com]

<< Stole, licensed -- Again, this was all a kind of aside in my post, so I
didn't take care to be academically accurate, but whatever term you use, it 
wasn't their idea but they were the ones got rich off it, without much 
acknowledgement (if any) of the true originator. >>

I know this continues to be beside the point you think you're making, but 
calling a licensing agreement "stealing" is inaccuracy beyond the quibblingly 
academic.

Xerox owned the technology and passed on its development.