Finally... Someone managed to capture my own opinion of the whole patent mess in a simple cartoon.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2718#comic Fairly sure I'm not alone here in feeling that pretty much puts it into perspective. On 25 August 2012 19:02, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > I was in Aspen Colorado a few weeks ago and noticed the brick pavers on > the ground had "patent 1901" on them. You know the little paper roller at > the bottom of a coat hanger? Patented. > > Perhaps software patents aren't any more absurd than they ever have been. > > Perhaps the whole patent system is a mess? I'm not sure…. > > To me at the very least, all these software patents should have a lot > shorter durations. 7 years maybe? > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Fabrizio Giudici < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I completely fail to understand why we (and the rest of the blogosphere) >> have spent hundreds of emails discussing the Oracle vs Google suite, as >> something that could menace Android and thus the freedom to innovate, while >> almost nothing has been said about the Apple vs Samsung, which is just a >> proxy for Apple vs Google. BTW, Oracle has lost (at least the first round) >> challenging on technical stuff, I mean something related to the >> *implementation* of a VM, Apple has won on "pinch to zoom", which is 100x >> absurd. My only explanation is a prejudice against Oracle (added to a >> previous prejudice against Sun), which seems much stronger than the >> prejudice against Apple. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
