On 2/28/07, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Personally I am encouraged by news like this. It brings us one step
> > closer to fixing the US patent system.
>
> I am not certain I agree with you at all, unless you are trying to use
> it as an example of how broken things get.
>
That's exactly what I mean. No one cares when people abuse the broken
US patent system to make life hard for a bunch of free software
developers. Maybe things will improve now that it's happening to
people like Research in Motion and Microsoft and big pharma, who are
in a position to buy some legislation to fix it.
Lee
Received on Thu Mar 1 00:15:04 2007
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