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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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In article <2000Mar22.131336.1@eisner>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> And why didn't DEC's legal department sue them
> for copying the PDP-6 instruction set "skip-return" mechanism
? :-)


Because there was prior art!


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