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...
>
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