On Aug 11, 2011, at 9:32 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> > wrote: > Instead a boatload of negative effects DO pan out, > > Some negative effects pan out (the ones that make the headlines) as does a > boatload of positive effects (the software industry is worth billions of > dollars and employing hundreds of thousands of people).
You keep saying that as if those positive effects are due to patents yet you offer no proof of that. The fact that the industry is worth billions of dollars doesn't mean patents are good. For all you know the size of the industry could be larger without them. > > Let's keep things in perspective here. Most of use are Ralph -- 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.
