[Humour] Microsoft's Coupon Dayz
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| Meanwhile, the open source community expressed alarm as well. "This
| is totally bogus," said Pamela Jones, editor of the popular
| Groklaw.net blog. "Not even Maureen O'Gara could concoct such nonsense."
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070423065711987
Drug, tech industries fight over patent reform
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| Two of the country's leading industries, computer technology and
| drug manufacturing, are battling over an effort by Congress to
| overhaul the way inventors profit from ideas, with executives on
| both sides saying billions of dollars are at stake.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/04/22/BUG0MPCBJP1.DTL&type=business
http://tinyurl.com/2we9lu
Related:
Congress to propose patent system overhaul on Wednesday
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| A pair of much-anticipated bills aimed at overhauling what
| high-tech companies decry as a broken U.S. patent system are
| scheduled to be introduced Wednesday in both the Senate and
| the House of Representatives.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6176943.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2e2tgd
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