On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:35:53 BST PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > According to Wikipedia Paul Allen held 43 patents. That's more than I read > earlier. > > and not many for a company that Forbes says has 60K patents.
As I recall, one of the reasons Paul Allen left Microsoft is because of his attitude to business ethics. He was one of the few American businessmen who didn't believe that screwing the competition by suing for infringement of dodgy patents was a legitimate business practice. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-11-06 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list or the author Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk