I used to see the engineering and technology field as a pure and passionate area, unspoiled by politics and lawyers. Now I know I was just young and naive.
On Jul 19, 8:30 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > More information > here:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-deals-massive-patent-blow-to... > > The way I read it, the patent involved applies to everything from phones to > MP3 players to computers to more. i.e. the usual completely ridiculous US > Patent System is easily abused problem. Hopefully a saner judge will prevail > in an appeal. > > NB: ZDNet article quotes Florian Mueller a lot, who isn't known as a > particularly reliable source; sensationalist headlines and an extremely > pro-apple outlook are his usual mode. > > NB2: While you really should read the full thing, to give you a taste, one > of the two patents involved has the following summary: "A system and method > causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in > computer data.". Well, oops. I better delete every piece of software I ever > wrote, then, I guess. -- 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.
