On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:

> For all you know the size of the industry could be larger without them.


Absolutely, I never claimed otherwise. I did claim that the outcome could go
the other way as well, hence the importance of having a balanced discussion
instead of a strident "Patents are evil". I'm glad that the discussion has
already unearthed some supporting data on both sides of the argument.

-- 
Cédric

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