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Re:On the lack of progress reports from the Mill project by rasz on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:47PM (#27953661)
>MS did not manufacture mouses until mouse patend got famous for making no money

MS started making mice in 1983 when they released Word.

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Re:On the lack of progress reports from the Mill project by Woodi on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:08AM (#27957645)
And how this detail is relevant to this discussion ?
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Re:On the lack of progress reports from the Mill project by rasz on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:09AM (#27971463)
MS decision to make mice had zero to do with any patents. They simply had no products utilizing them before Word.
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