[sldev] [INFO] [PATENTS] Information requested on LL's patent portfolio

[Mike Monkowski]

Kamilion wrote:
> This seems to represent SL's system as well, but their patent was
> filed for in '96 and granted in april of 2001 -- Before SL even went
> into beta.

I guess they both read "Snow Crash" published by Neal Stephenson in 
1992.  See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Influence_on_the_World_Wide_Web

Mike