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In article <66842@sgi.sgi.com> karsh@trifolium.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes:
|This is patent nonsense.  The patent in most areas has become such a
|strong protection for inventors that individual inventors are now able
|to take on large companies.

|One inventor, armed with a good patent, can now take on a giant corporation.
|I think this is really very healthy.

hah, hah, bruce makes a joke.  it true that an individual sometimes triumphs
over the giant corporation (recent cases: sears and the socket drive, ford
and intermittent wipers) so what.  bruce is wandering all over the map in
desperate attempt to support the underlying thesis: software vendors should
be allowed to patent cosmetic aspects of programs to prevent other vendors
from capitalizing on commonality.  much like copyrighting or patenting the
layout of the buttons on your phone.

while he raises interesting points most of his contribution is baiting.
or "patent nonsense".  don't be lead astray.

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