On Sep 26, 5:19 am, Hadron <hadronqu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> > Hadron wrote:
> >> "Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> >>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> >>>> | Myhrvold told the WSJ that he acknowledges facing resistance from companies
> >>>> | he targets for licenses. But his patent inventory gives him leverage to
> >>>> | extract settlements without litigation. “I say, ‘I can’t afford to sue you on
> >>>> | all of these, and you can’t afford to defend on all these,’” he said.
> >>> "I'd rather not break your legs and I'm sure you wouldn't like me to
> >>> do it either so just give me money."
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> >>> Bit like a mafioso shakedown.
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> >> This is indeed outrageous. The patent should be held by a company who
> >> utilises the tech.
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> > Hell just froze over. I agree with the point you just made. I'm still
> > against pure software patents though.
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> Clearly. Although you not seeing how much work and effort that goes into
> SW development really does mark you out as a "non programmer". It costs
> thousands if not millions to develop certain SW packages. And during
> that phase "ideas" come up which need to be protected or your
> competitors will lift them and use them and possibly beat you to market
> with them and then no one makes any money and all your employees lose
> their jobs.
No wonder you like software patents. Ideas just "come up". Do you
snatch them out of the air or gently bring up your hand like you would
for a firefly?
So help me out here. You have been working for months, burned through
millions in investment working on the project. Then an idea leaks out
which your competitor lifts. Is your software team really so crappy
that another company can overcome your headstart and finish first? Do
they have an idle team waiting to pounce? A team that thinks so
highly or your team that they will abandon their project direction and
do it your way. How much infrastructure do they need to have in place
to know your idea is good, let alone work with it?
Are you one of the Windows trolls that keeps asking for links, cites,
proof for silly claims. Can you back up "no one makes any money" and
"all your employees lose their jobs" ???
I think you are just trying to stampede the herd.
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