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Actually it's not
Here's the fortune 500 article actually:

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fortune75/articles/0,15114,1101810-1,00.html

It's a long read, but a good one. See where patients are slowing another industry. Not just software.
Posted by: xpyr   Posted on: 10/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Abolish Software Patents!  ozgwei | 10/21/05
You understand, right...  Omch'Ar | 10/21/05
Let's not be stupid.  techboy_z | 10/21/05
Oh Yes, Must Have Patents  serpentmage | 10/21/05
That's a Ludicrous Argument  ZappBrannigan | 10/21/05
Wrong!  tjleeland | 10/21/05
Actually it's not  xpyr | 10/22/05
Really?  Sheeva | 10/24/05
You're right and wrong on this one  maldain | 10/21/05
Patents  clockmendergb@... | 10/22/05
Patenting the wheel...  jbroche18 | 10/24/05
Au contraire--let's not spread lies  Omch'Ar | 10/22/05
Who's spreading lies?  Hotshot3000 | 10/23/05
Copyright is also a problem, alas  the_doge | 10/24/05
In the first place...  Omch'Ar | 10/24/05
Nonsense!  mwagner@... | 10/24/05
R&D Costs  markgros@... | 10/22/05
Consider that position carefully  IT_User | 10/21/05
Hey techboy  IT_User | 10/21/05
Whoa...scary  techboy_z | 10/21/05
This is going nowhere  NeutralityNow | 10/21/05
Do you mean LEMELSON?  TheProtector | 10/22/05
Hardly  Omch'Ar | 10/22/05
Hold on!  Edward@... | 10/21/05
please post the pat no.'s  NeutralityNow | 10/21/05
Patent # 5,842,213: link here  NeutralityNow | 10/21/05
They got Google too ..check their site  NeutralityNow | 10/21/05
Yeah, but...  rapson | 10/22/05
Abolish Software Patents? GET REAL  LeeW274 | 10/21/05
There's a better system than patents for this  Gibberstein | 10/23/05
Again..  Tim Patterson | 10/21/05
Stupid corporate  Mectron | 10/21/05
I'll Have to Take Exception....  nottheusual1 | 10/21/05
That's right (sorta)  pwalters@... | 10/21/05
So how do people who do the research  maldain | 10/21/05
Have to hate the systen for at least one reason  John Zern | 10/21/05
Brilliant patent of the day  tic swayback | 10/21/05
You're right that is the stupidest patent I've ever seen  maldain | 10/21/05
got milk (patents) ?  JMcCullagh | 10/21/05
I see a problem  JonA_z | 10/21/05
Would SGML be prior art?  John L. Ries | 10/21/05
Prior Art  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/21/05
Re: Prior Art  John L. Ries | 10/21/05
SGMl was predated by...  gardoglee | 10/21/05
Maybe MS should use Opendoc afterall happy  BitTwiddler | 10/21/05
Opendoc?  fizzmaster | 10/21/05
That's the point  Michael Kelly | 10/21/05
Too late...  Zinoron | 10/21/05
WTF?!!  Eggs Ackley_z | 10/21/05
Abolish software patents and return Scientigo to the pig pen  dhopp@... | 10/21/05
Scientigo hired more than one outfit...  Anton Philidor | 10/21/05
you mean... like SCO's claims  Iain_Peters | 10/23/05
Wonder who'll come out with a patent on OpenDoc  Boot_Agnostic | 10/21/05
Technically...  rapson | 10/22/05
Hehe ... the 'SCO virus' infected more brains  michael_t | 10/21/05
Too many lawyers...  dsentman@... | 10/21/05
Specifics please  techboy_z | 10/21/05
Those don't apply to XML  techboy_z | 10/21/05
Can someone tell me...  el1jones | 10/21/05
limited time to claim patent infringement  gentryh | 10/21/05
There is a limit - "latches"  adclark | 10/21/05
Patent wars and OSS  koryherzinger | 10/21/05
Hmm good question  maldain | 10/21/05
One quibble  rapson | 10/22/05
Clarification  koryherzinger | 10/24/05
Time limits are a no-brainer here..  John_Doe69 | 10/21/05
It could still cause problems even if their claim is invalid  balsover | 10/21/05
Better Patent office  LBean | 10/21/05
Bingo  Feldon | 10/21/05
AH-HA But The Bigger Problem  Ed_Meyers | 10/23/05
Patents  carlino | 10/27/05
I have a patent on oxygen exchange between cells  jpowersea | 10/21/05
Photosynthesis Process produces O2 , consuming CO2  kishorekaikini | 07/20/07
gee I have done that  oldgeek_z | 10/21/05
Hmmm Bill drop another Secret envelope  jimlascola | 10/21/05
Scientigo can't ignore that this was used as royaltee-free techno  PhilippeV | 10/21/05
Agreed  tima_z | 10/21/05
Copyright law makes more sense ...  Too Old For IT | 10/21/05
hum let's see...  Mectron | 10/21/05
SCO in disguise!  DotWhat | 10/21/05
SCO II - Son of Darl  Chad_z | 10/24/05
I recently proposed ....  MISsupport | 10/21/05
Free money  Ngallendou | 10/21/05
Couldn't have said it better myself.  HypnoToad | 10/24/05
Backus-Naur  bob.a.williams@... | 10/21/05
This is getting out of hand  kb1493 | 10/21/05
Re: out of hand  JMcCullagh | 10/21/05
Prior art, part 2  gardoglee | 10/21/05
Beside the point: Medical imaging  Arnout Groen | 10/24/05
Article in the Economist about patents...  Anton Philidor | 10/21/05
One of the problems...  dsentman@... | 10/21/05
Even China is beginning to care.  Anton Philidor | 10/21/05
They are only started down the slippery slope...  dsentman@... | 10/21/05
But that doesn't mean it's a good thing  John L. Ries | 10/24/05
"non-hierarchical " != XML  drueter@... | 10/21/05
wizard of oz  Mectron | 10/21/05
Eolas part deux  Boot_Agnostic | 10/21/05
Amd like Eolas...  rapson | 10/22/05
No,  Boot_Agnostic | 10/23/05
Will S.: "First We Shoot the Lawyers..." (nt)  tbbrickster_z | 10/21/05
Misquoted again  gardoglee | 10/21/05
Actually it was Cicero  maldain | 10/21/05
Please look up Cicero.  Anton Philidor | 10/21/05
Finance is not a profit center.  Anton Philidor | 10/21/05
Just another indication of a faulty system  Anti_Zealot | 10/21/05
Too many lawyers...  dsentman@... | 10/21/05
The future is Scientigo!  broper | 10/21/05
oh great  CobraA1 | 10/21/05
Ban Patents  The Mad Hatter | 10/21/05
This keeps happening  Mark Miller | 10/21/05
Australian Company Claiming Patent on Multiple Monitors  way@... | 10/21/05
Apple did multiple monitors in 1987  mdfischer | 10/22/05
Re: Apple did multiple monitors in 1987  daniel@... | 10/27/05
Patant is bad period  Mectron | 10/22/05
We're just looking for ways to leverage an asset  code_flogger | 10/21/05
This particular patent issue is symptomatic...  dsentman@... | 10/21/05
Stir in the mud and get known  JanEnEml | 10/22/05
Bottomfeeding on FUD again  mdfischer | 10/22/05
The Real Problem  Gregory.J.Bradley@... | 10/22/05
This is Absurd!! The prior art dates to the 1960s  jwseybold | 10/22/05
Better Patent Office  mcmcp@... | 10/22/05
Re-Examination and Public Domain  EBedsworth | 10/22/05
THE PATENT HOLDER IS OUT OF ITS MIND  fakir005@... | 10/22/05
What about HTML ?  probert100 | 10/22/05
Some Patents...  D-Ram | 10/23/05
Why all the whining??? Courts will decide if patent is valid.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/05
Oh Come On  tima_z | 10/23/05
So your complaint is the courts may not see it your way.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/05
My Way, the Right Way? What is the difference  tima_z | 10/24/05
Sorry, but...  John L. Ries | 10/24/05
when we see something we think is wrong  JasonL31 | 10/23/05
Not at all !!! Speak Up !!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/05
Would be nice...  John L. Ries | 10/24/05
Becuase It is 1,000,000  Ed_Meyers | 10/23/05
ASN.1/BER  twanvds | 10/23/05
Change the burden of proof  Fujikid | 10/23/05
SCO 2.0 !  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/24/05
Courts! hahahahaha  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/24/05
Google will be next ????  probert100 | 10/24/05
This was not the intent of the law  TwangGuru | 10/24/05
the patent should have never been granted in the first place  something | 10/24/05
I guess nobody has ever heard of ISIS?  wcrosby@... | 10/24/05
sunstein is exactly right  rob124c41 | 10/25/05
profit centre  nishantloomba | 07/04/06

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