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You must not understand the term "invention" either as used in patent law or in reality ;) | 543 comments | Create New Account
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You must not understand the term "invention" either as used in patent law or in reality ;)
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 06:23 PM EDT
Who ever say a computer is complicated? And who thinks computer programming is
complicated? It is at time rather tedious but the complex part of it is done
before one puts fingers to keys.
If you think the work you are doing is complicated you are not doing it right!

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You must not understand the term "invention" either as used in patent law or in reality ;)
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 06:28 PM EDT
I'm the anon who called out the argument as being unconvincing.

I don't see how what I wrote implies that Google swiped anything from Oracle - I
don't think that Oracle invented anything, even by the (far too) slim
requirements of patent law. There was nothing to "swipe".

I agree that us computer folks are often arrogant about complex (they are
decidedly NOT complicated) how our fun gadgets are as opposed to other fields.

I am as yet not convinced that the telephone was a complex invention BECAUSE it
is (arguably) a complex matter to make wires. It may or may not be complex for
much different reasons, having to do with how it is put together from the
knowledge and components that existed at the time it was invented.

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