> clone > the US and run both side-by-side, one with software patent law and one > without
So that's what China's up to. Ricky. -- Ricky Clarkson Java and Scala Programmer, AD Holdings +44 1928 706373 Skype: ricky_clarkson On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course it can be. Or can not be. We don't know, is the point. clone > the US and run both side-by-side, one with software patent law and one > without, and it still wouldn't be particularly scientific (you'd need > to clone the US at least 40 times), but we'd be getting at something. > > You're conflating correlation with causation. You can google why > that's bad. > > On Sep 13, 8:06 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > As I already retorted (a retort you didn't answer), the argument that >> > in the US, software patents must have led to an environment where >> > software innovation is fairly commonplace - is a logical fallacy. >> >> How so? Most of the innovative software companies are in the US, so >> certainly, the software patent system can't be as bad as you say it is, >> right? >> >> -- >> Cédric > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
