I'm not familiar with the specific patents in question, but it should be obvious by now that nearly all software patents are either stupid, obvious or both. Big companies that hold huge portfolios of these stupid things trade them with other big companies to the net effect of building legal barriers that prevent small companies from building and selling software. The end consumer pays more for crappy software while the lawyers clean up.
Google your favorite software company and read some of their ridiculous patents for yourself. Here's a stupid one: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6981278.html Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies LLC On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Thompson, Steve < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone see this or run into such issues? > > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&; > articleId=9067863&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9067863&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8> > > (watch wrap) > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily > reflect those of my employer. -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
