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"Patents 'absolutely' retard the pace of innovation"
CEO Matthew Szulik argues, but he doesn't call for their abolition.

Of course he does not. Might he had better stated it as:

"The only good patent is a Red Hat patent."
Posted by: GuidingLight   Posted on: 05/22/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Red Hat CEO decries software patents  Loverock Davidson | 05/22/07
What's wrong with copying ?  magcomment | 05/23/07
Correction, patents slow copying.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/07
Learn IP law!  B.O.F.H. | 05/22/07
Nope, not a correction  IT_User | 05/23/07
Gee, look around, I see innovation everywhere...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/07
Take the blinkers off  odubtaig | 05/22/07
What a cute little rant...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/07
No, Mr Pot. NT  odubtaig | 05/23/07
What original ideas  micks_tricks | 05/24/07
Cite soe examples of what you are seeing.  B.O.F.H. | 05/22/07
Interesting...  Patrick Jones | 05/23/07
This is guilty speak  code_Warrior | 05/22/07
That was almost entirely  odubtaig | 05/22/07
Time for MS to step up to the plate  bportlock | 05/23/07
Why software patents are a good thing.  Robert.Novak@... | 05/22/07
Incomprehensible teachers  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/22/07
Loopholes  GuidingLight | 05/22/07
I would tend to disagree.  Bruizer | 05/22/07
Patents *might* be a good thing - but not for software  bportlock | 05/23/07
Just defending your patents  Trent Black | 05/23/07
"Patents 'absolutely' retard the pace of innovation"  GuidingLight | 05/22/07
Enjoyed this comment:  Anton Philidor | 05/22/07
ALL patents retard innovation [nt]  Omch'Ar | 05/22/07
Software patents are a terrible idea  wolf_z | 05/23/07
Thank You For This Intelligent Post  chessmen | 05/23/07
All free societies choke on regulation  OKJoe | 05/23/07
Patent abuse  wvhillbilly | 05/23/07
Patent abuse  wvhillbilly | 05/23/07
Great Innovations in the OS? Where?  Trent Black | 05/23/07
Parallel Solutions  djchandler | 05/23/07
courts decide, not technicians  mad-man | 05/24/07

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