Nice argument but do you have any law firbidding reverse engineering to make compatible products ? Patents are the only legal instrument that would deny such a competetion. When no patents are involved it's a fair game. Even when patents are involved they can be challanged for specificity, applicablity etc. Either IBM shows that PSI has voilated a patent or shut up. Restricting the use of software by EULA's is not a fair practice. Think of Microsoft requiring that you run their software on an Intel CPU only. Mohammad
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:34:18 -0500, Doug Fuerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How do you figure that reverse engineering is an acceptable method of >R&D or design? Reverse engineering is an easy way to replicate a >design. Since the company creating the product, in this case IBM, >spent millions developing the machine, they would be entitled to some >exclusivity. How fair is it for every competitor to reverse engineer >their machines to mimic the IBM box, and not compensate IBM for that? >At least MOBO manufacturers use different chipsets and moderately >different designs. I don't believe they are reverse engineering Intel >boards, nor is AMD reverse engineering Core Duo's. > >Doug > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
