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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dTal on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:13AM (#21606887)
Ridiculous that a patent for such a thing should ever have been granted.

"Driver" is merely the word we use for "protocol", when the protocol is ad-hoc, non-standard, or badly documented.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by kube-system on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:04PM (#21609486)
On what grounds should that patent not have been granted?

Seems like a pretty normal patent to me. Technology doesn't have to be likable, a good design, or even functional to be patented.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by pawelmurias on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:16PM (#21610164)
On the grounds that laws allowing such patents shouldn't exist.
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