Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective

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From: William Smargiassi
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 23:12

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rsteiner@earth.execpc.com (Richard Steiner) wrote:
>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?

Simple. Math formulas are not patentable and never have been.
No matter how much effort you've put into it (lifetime...) it's
still not patentable. Now, go ahead and explain why that
makes sense but allowing patents on software algorithms
makes sense.

Bill Smargiassi          Main Line Management Services, Inc.
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of my employer.

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