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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 09:06 AM EDT |
Perhaps instead of adopting the title of the article as
the title of my
post, I should have called it
"The
Other Shoe Drops - a Masterpiece
of FUD".
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| Authored by: Winter on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 09:09 AM EDT |
There is a common misconception that castles are intended to protect. William
the conqueror is a prime example of the use of castles to attack and oppress.
Some people are still naive enough to think that patents exist to protect some
poor inventor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Patents are intended to
attack, oppress, and destroy.
Just like dear William used castles to rout and destroy the population of
England, patents are used to rout, destroy, and conquer the competition.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 09:26 AM EDT |
Just the fact that it's claiming IV is getting "quality patents" I
guessed the tone, and I wasn't dissapointed.
Patents have never encouraged invention, which is their stated goal. Examples
are too numerous to list, but include the steam engine, the crankshaft,
heavier-than-air flight, lightbulbs (I think), and celluloid film. All of those
were delayed by the patent holder, and all were the subject of many independant
efforts, which all finished within a few years of each other.
And to answer the question why MS doesn't tell anyone which patents they think
Linux is infringing: If they did, it would be a matter of weeks before Linux
wasn't infringing on them, either by working around the patent, or by getting it
proved invalid. Which would mean they're back to competing with free. But it
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 04:04 PM EDT |
Going after pond scum with a large hammer is likely
to be somewhat inefficient. Then try this one, MS is a PFY.
Picking at pimples doesn't cure them,
another pops out somewhere else.
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