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Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe

[<or...@vp...>]

age...@co... wrote:
> That is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. At least we don't have that in 
> the US(yet). If so, Microsoft would kill the US.

Really? I thought they actually wanted to move this law into Europe FROM 
the US. And MS won't kill the US. Noooooo. They'll just continuously 
suck out as much of it's blood as they can...

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Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

lol funny
Let's wait and see if this makes any difference to software companies...


>From: OROSZI Balázs <or...@vp...>
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe
>Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:49:31 +0200
>
>age...@co... wrote:
>>That is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. At least we don't have 
>>that in the US(yet). If so, Microsoft would kill the US.
>
>Really? I thought they actually wanted to move this law into Europe FROM 
>the US. And MS won't kill the US. Noooooo. They'll just continuously suck 
>out as much of it's blood as they can...
>
>--
>Greetings,
>   Balázs
>
>
>
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RE: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe

[Chris S. <CS...@Ai...>]

Yep, I reckon it'll be unenforceable for small developers and only the =
big guys will try to comply from fear of litigation.=20

Another example of the insidious spread of US domestic policy to the =
rest of the world.......

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Glenfield [mailto:sp...@ho...]
Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2003 3:07 AM
To: or...@vp...; dev...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe


lol funny
Let's wait and see if this makes any difference to software companies...


>From: OROSZI Bal=E1zs <or...@vp...>
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents in Europe
>Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:49:31 +0200
>
>age...@co... wrote:
>>That is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. At least we don't have =

>>that in the US(yet). If so, Microsoft would kill the US.
>
>Really? I thought they actually wanted to move this law into Europe =
FROM=20
>the US. And MS won't kill the US. Noooooo. They'll just continuously =
suck=20
>out as much of it's blood as they can...
>
>--
>Greetings,
>   Bal=E1zs
>
>
>
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Re: [Dev-C++] Software Patents

[Michael D. S. <for...@hi...>]

IBM owns a bunch of them that they are not enforcing. Presumably because=20
they feel at this time that  their business is computers and enforcing=20
software patents like "downloading compressed data" would ruin their=20
computer business.

But who knows when they might decide the software business has more money=20
making potential.

St Joe for instance was a paper company, until they got a new CEO who=20
decided they could make more money developing the property they were=20
growing trees on. Now we have an environmental nightmare where there were=20
forests. Nothing says you can't change the business you're in.

Microsoft presumably has the same conflict. They need for computers to sell=
=20
for them to sell OS's. If they dry up the consumer computer business by=20
enforcing software patents, they mess that up -- but how many software=20
patents do they own that they might make money off of from businesses who=20
are forced to use computers -- and pay and pay and pay... So, maybe we=20
better not be to quick to hope free OS's take over the market. If they do,=
=20
it certainly tips M$'s hand in the direction of software patents for money=
=20
making.

Don't worry.These patents will all run out in 40 or 80 years and then we=20
can have a computer again :)

ms


At 11:49 AM 10/1/03, you wrote:
>age...@co... wrote:
>>That is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. At least we don't have=20
>>that in the US(yet). If so, Microsoft would kill the US.
>
>Really? I thought they actually wanted to move this law into Europe FROM=20
>the US. And MS won't kill the US. Noooooo. They'll just continuously suck=
=20
>out as much of it's blood as they can...
>
>--
>Greetings,
>   Bal=E1zs
>
>
>
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