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Subject: Re: [9fans] three sets of windows
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I use a Bamboo Fun http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_fun.php on my =
Windows machine, and I love it.
There are Linux drivers for the entire Bamboo line, so I'm assuming =
there's an available specification, if you're feeling ambitions and want =
something more like your laptops track pad.



> > How the hell is a shape patentable?
>=20
> Things come in various shapes, and things can be patented, so there =
you go. It's part of the patent.

Still, shapes and lines are the basic components of art, and last time I =
checked the arts weren't patentable.