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Article #310Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
From: Richard Steiner
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:45
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:45
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Fletcher Bonds (fletchb@halcyon.halcyon.com) wrote: :Here, here! I heartily agree - how can you patent a algorithm?? It's a :silly idea - I've always though so. Why is it silly? Why is the specific implementation relevant? Whether an idea is implemented in hardware or software, it still can represent a significant development effort and resource expenditure, and it is still something that can be exploited by your competitors to your possible detriment if you can't protect yourself (you spent the effort to develop it, and they get it for free). I agree that copyrights can protect specific implementations, but that sort of thing is worthless if one develops a valuable general process. As a programmer, I guess I fail to see why a differentiation should be made at all. Isn't it *all* intellectual property anyway? Just my two cents... -Rich Steiner IS/Flight Ops Northwest Airlines (Disclaimer: my opinions are MINE, not my employer's)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1056b0,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1056b0,public X-Google-Thread: ff68d,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gidff68d,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10e24f,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e24f,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-10 13:08:48 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!ub4b!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net! europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!earth!rsteiner From: rsteiner@earth.execpc.com (Richard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.gif-agreement,alt.online-service.compuserve Subject: Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective Followup-To: comp.sys.unisys,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.gif-agreement,alt.online-service.compuserve Date: 10 Jan 1995 18:45:40 GMT Organization: Exec-PC Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3eukkk$mrd@homer.alpha.net> References: <YLO.95Jan7234633@shadows.cs.hut.fi> <3end5q$l32@xcalibur.IntNet.net> <espritD25Gzt.Aw0@netcom.com> <3esl01$o47@news.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.execpc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]