On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Scott Melton <[email protected]>wrote:
> > In a free and open society it is easy to find fault in complicated systems, > just as it is easy to have a bias, pick sides and misrepresent the facts. > One example in this thread, I may be wrong, but I think there is good reason > for simplifying the patent granting process from who invented it first(which > can be very difficult and costly to prove) to who filed first. Is the change > a choice between the lesser of two weavels? Certainly. Infinitely more > knowledgeable people than I made the decision. I will side with them until I > become a patent lawyer or become so well informed that I can pass judgment > on this complicated system. Why do you assume the people responsible for our current patent system are more knowledgeable than you rather than simply more greedy? -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
