2011/8/11 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > It doesn't. Nobody disputes that, and that's absolutely not the point of the > paragraph you quoted. > He was just giving an example of how to play the patent warfare game, and > blaming HTC for not understanding its rules. It's like telling a kid at > school that he needs to fight back if he doesn't want to be bullied, but > it's not an endorsement of bullying.
But HTC was trying to play the "lets create some products to sell" game. Not the "patent warfare" one. And I was kind on my quote. Right above it was this ridiculous nugget, " HTC in particular has no one to blame but itself for its situation, in my opinion." A direct blaming of the victim. Sorry, if this is at all involved in a defense of patents, that isn't really helping. At all. This is absolutely no worse than bullshit "she shouldn't have worn a skirt in that alley" arguments. To take this to a sports analogy, patenting software is akin to getting a monopoly on a certain play. In reality, if you want to win with that play, you have to be better at it than your competitors, not lock them out of the ability to use it. -- 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.
