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what about addressing the points I raised, anton
1. 99% of engineering effort going to avoiding
patents.
2. Development just becomes too expensive to
bother.
3. Your point about protecting years and years of
research. Care to point out any of the patents
that we've seen in the software field that
required "years and years of research".
Oh yeah like the single click to buy, the online
shopping trolley, the IsNull operator (or
whatever Microsoft just patented). How about FAT?
Years and years? Oh yeah I bet that cost billions
to research. HAHAHAHA.
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Would have been nice to have some of these provisions before SCO  DonnieBoy | 12/23/04
IMHO Patents Are the Forthcoming Battlefield...  BanjoPaterson | 12/23/04
Patents will lose...  Omch'Ar | 12/23/04
not in the EU they're not  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
Europe has issued scores of software patents...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
Once again Anton you totally miss the point  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Think of it as a negotiation.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
because contrary to your belief it holds back innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Patents don't hold back innovation...  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
royalties are not supposed to be a form of income  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
what about addressing the points I raised, anton  hipparchus2000 | 12/26/04
Patents are valuable...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Patents need not stop work on a project...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Short lesson in economics  CobraA1 | 12/27/04
anton in part you are right  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Adam Smith influenced Darwin...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
How can I dispute being "right"? In the other part...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
cryptographically signed STUPIDITY  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
'Tis the season...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
disgusting  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Sometimes it's possible to enjoy life.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
I beg to differ. I think patents do the opposite of causing innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Killer quote  seosamh_z | 12/27/04
euphemism for a future threat  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
What if?  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Quetzalcoatl's revenge  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
digression  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Smug states  Anton Philidor | 12/29/04
About time  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
Trusted computing Is The Enemy  RobertoSalazar | 12/27/04
I suspect...  rapson | 12/27/04
Fear....  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Amen! but your forget the Sheeple.  Laff | 12/30/04
The joy of standards.  Anton Philidor | 12/30/04

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