While Mainframe and Unix users are unlikely to find it novel that Windows XP allows several family members to share a PC while enabling each to have personalized settings and folders, that's not stopping Microsoft from seeking a patent for 'Methods and arrangements for providing multiple concurrent desktops and workspaces in a shared computing environment', the USPTO disclosed Thursday. --> Link to Microsoft's Patent Application http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220040088709%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040088709&RS=DN/20040088709Received on Friday, 7 May 2004 00:44:54 GMT
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