Bill I was skipping this topic as one having been raised suspiciously close to April 1st. However I spotted the text of your post in my daily digest and so I'm yielding to the temptation to mention that expression of absolute justice "Hoist with your own petard!".
Chris Mason P.S. And a bit more "levity" for Steve Thompson! On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:15:15 -0400, Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> wrote: >What if the "five IBM software designers" who "created the product and filed for a patent on it" were the first five employees whose jobs were offshored due to IBM's using their patented software? > >Sigh. One can only fantasize of such things. > >Bill Fairchild > > > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Gould >Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:01 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: IBM Withdraws Patent Application on offshoring jobs > >IBM withdraws software patent application on offshoring jobs > >Employees fearful of more layoffs at IBM work sites in U.S. >ROCHESTER (KTTC-DT) -- Computer giant IBM has abruptly withdrawn a patent application for software that helps companies decide the benefits or disadvantages of moving jobs to another country. > >Five IBM software designers created the product and filed for a patent on it in September, 2007. But after news of the project broke on Monday, IBM quickly withdrew the patent application, calling it a mistake. > >IBM spokesman Steve Malkiewicz is quoted as saying the filing was "an error." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
