微软与 PageUp

今天的最搞笑新闻要算“微软获得 PageUp 和 PageDown 专利权”了：

http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_granted_patent_for_Page_Up_Page_Down

比较有意思的回复：
Do I blame Microsoft? No... they're a publicly traded company with investors demanding they do whatever possible to be the most successful and profitable business they can possibly be.

I blame the people granting these ridiculous patents, and the ridiculous laws that allow such patents to be granted. Seriously, they're granting patents for two-button page navigation... what the hell.

“微软该骂吗？不，因为这不过是微软利用专利权法为股东获取最大利益的手段。该骂的是那些批准这种脑残专利的家伙，还有允许批准这种专利的变态法律。不是开玩笑，这帮家伙批准了让两个按键成为一个专利...真他妈脑残。”

但是实际上这些人都被标题党误导了。该专利的实际名字是：
“Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments”

参考：
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7415666/fulltext.html

键盘上的 PageUp 和 PageDown 两个键本身是无法成为专利的。微软实际上是为 按下这两个键之后的行为申请了一个专利。这个行为有很长的描述，我是没看完。