Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective

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From: David Hayes
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 04:06

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In article <19950109.204722.59@banana.demon.co.uk>,
kevq@banana.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > In general, I strongly oppose software patents, and see them as
> > extremely harmful for the entire computer industry.
> This is wild speculation, at best.  A case can be made for patents;
> especially on the grounds that companies are more likely to invest in
> developing new techniques and algorithms if they see profit from it.
> This means getting paid for the ideas generated, which function is
> normally performed by patents.

Not so in all fields. Computer science springs to mind. Up until about
1980, very little software was patented. The United States built a
software industry that still dominates the world on the strength of
copyright, not patents.

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David Hayes                   PGP public key available on request, or send
dhayes@onramp.net        mail subject: help to pgp-public-keys@demon.co.uk
I pay for this connection, so these must be my opinions.

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From: dhayes@onramp.net (David Hayes)
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