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Who else will call for reform successfully...
... except a company able to lobby continually and with extensive resources over a period of years.

The only people unable to afford representation at Congress is the public. Irony intended.

Microsoft may or may not be pursuing results that will be to the public's advantage in addition to their own. But as far as the public interest in changing the patent system is concerned, they're what we've got.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 04/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Get it right first time  Nigel Johnstone | 04/25/05
Look who's talking! Its like lawyers calling for tort reform!  George Mitchell | 04/25/05
Who else will call for reform successfully...  Anton Philidor | 04/25/05
But please note the venue  IT_User | 04/25/05
A "backbone of our ... economy", like the family farm.  Anton Philidor | 04/25/05
I agree  IT_User | 04/25/05
Heck, George, to listen to some of the other posters here ...  Judas I. | 04/25/05
Hope they didn't leave blood on the floor!  IT_User | 04/25/05
"What do we do in the near term?" We wait.  Anton Philidor | 04/25/05
Stop *THEIR* abusive patenting  rpmyers1 | 04/25/05
Solve a complicated system by adding more complication  P. Douglas | 04/25/05
Coke dealers call for the US to stop bombing Columbian fields  Jeff Spicoli | 04/25/05
Red Hat, Novell, and IBM stand up and...  bmh129 | 04/25/05
Huh?  IT_User | 04/25/05
Double HUH!!!  Update victim | 04/25/05
#10 on the Fortune list  IT_User | 04/25/05
if they take the DMCA as their template for reform, everyone's rights will  wessonjoe | 04/26/05

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