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When a bunch of lawyers come knocking on your door ...
? I would like to see just how smug you will be. Better yet, when several sets of lawyers visit you, and tell you that your business operations infringe on thirty-odd or so patents (some of them even overlapping) I would like to see you still defend patents as being an appropriate property protection mechanism for software. You seem to have no foresight as to the dangers patents pose to the software industry - in particular how they can cause the cost of software to skyrocket, or simply make things to costly for many businesses to survive.
Posted by: P. Douglas   Posted on: 11/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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If (and it's a big if) the patents...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
Where does it say otherwise?  IT_User | 11/24/04
Never said there was...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
When a bunch of lawyers come knocking on your door ...  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
Been there, done that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
You are unbelievable! (NT)  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
Why? Because I deal in real business and you don't?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
I have my own company (NT)  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
And how many patents do you hold or applied for?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
it it not the quanity no-ax  JasonL31 | 11/26/04
You Are Being Just Plain Silly!  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
Yes you are, but that's ok, I understand.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
Whay should we be forced to spend money . . .  openMind | 11/29/04
I hope the above situation will finally start to get the attention ...  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
Really? How so?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
Past, present or future?  seosamh_z | 11/24/04
Go away? No. Reform? Absoluteley!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
So I guess owning a patent makes you a big man. (NT)  P. Douglas | 11/24/04
I can see why you would think so. But no, I'm a businessman.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
So what?  seosamh_z | 11/24/04
Power to the people? PULEASE...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
People should be powerless?  seosamh_z | 11/25/04
All this B.S. from a farmboy  AbsolutelyNot | 11/29/04
Joe, you might as well  IT_User | 11/24/04
Patent holder disagrees  openMind | 11/29/04
It's the lawyers  seosamh_z | 11/24/04
Lawyers force Novell to sue???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
Different  seosamh_z | 11/24/04
Good grief, how wrong can you be?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
The purpose of a patent  B.O.F.H. | 11/24/04
AND . . .  openMind | 11/29/04
Yes, far too fast.  seosamh_z | 11/25/04
Not as wrong as you  AbsolutelyNot | 11/29/04
Patent suit?  IT_User | 11/24/04
You must be thinking of the WordPerfect suit. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
Let me help you folks a bit.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
Not quite  IT_User | 11/24/04
Go Away?  openMind | 11/29/04
The fact this company went bankrupt speaks volumes  hipparchus2000 | 11/25/04
guess they feel they should of paid to use these patents  JasonL31 | 11/26/04

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