=A0Setting all that aside, the appearance of a usenet post
> =A0held up as prior art is encouraging. =A0It's often painfully
> =A0difficult to show obviousness, because obvious ideas often
> =A0don't get published (and they shouldn't get patented!),
> =A0but hey, they may get discussed on the usenet!
Still doesn't fly, Win. What I wrote has almost nothing to do with the patent application. Well, I mention backup tapes, and deleting, but how is that relevant?
Now, I do look at the Citation Index at my academic papers still being cited 10, 15 years later, just to make sure they understood what I wrote, too :-).
Tim.