You really need to get a new mail client. I'm reading this in Mac Mail and really don't have any idea what you are replying to - especially since I deleted all the other messages in this thread.
On Mar 9, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > 300 pages? Whoo, this topic is interesting and important for my future but > there are limits :P > > I'm honestly intrigued as to how they will tackle this problem. As I see it, > unless the software patent cold war ends, patent trolls will always exist. > The cold war is the standoff between major corporations that have a gigantic > patent portfolio, who won't sue each other because once the floodgates are > open everybody loses. MAD in a different form. We've in fact seen a glimpse > of what happens when the cold war heats up a few months ago when everyone > started suing everyone in the mobile space. Only a patent troll - a "PAE" as > the article calls them, can operate as a rogue entity in such a system, as > they have no products and thus are unlikely to be counter-infringing. > > If some reform does indeed occur, perhaps they'll also solve the IMO much, > much larger problem of this cold war standoff, which is that new companies > have to catch up and build a gigantic portfolio of their own. > > > -- > 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.
