__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 17:08 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Robert Newson
> <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:56:15 GMT
> <461E48C1.6010101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>
>>> From: Bill Gates
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
>>> To: Jeff Westorinen; Ben Fathi
>>> Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
>>> Subject: ACPI extensions
>> ...
>>> Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
>> ...
>>> Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
>>
>> What /is/ the point of patents again? To encourage innovation?
>>
>
> Well, yes. Microsoft should patent some of its business practices.
> Some of them are very ... erm .. innovative, apparently.
>
> Too bad some of them are covered by prior art -- Standard Oil comes to
> mind. :-)
More proof that---to large companies---patents are merely walls that hinder
competitors. By the way, Doug, your URLs are case insensitive, so they are
essentially broken. I appreciate these posts enormously. They are a great
goldmine. They help me a lot when I try to spread the word outside COLA.
Stamped exhibits are even better than articles which use information 'second
handedly'.
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