On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 11:00:22PM -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > > > >From: Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >First to invent is better. It gives the true inventor a chance to prove > >her/his case in the event of fraud. This has happened more than once > >(the most famous case I know of was the telephone answering machine). > > > > You don't see the true evil of first to file.
Oh, I see it. > It becomes all about money. > I can file a patent on something someone else did that I know nothing > about. Something thats already out on an existing product that noone > thought to patent (or thought wasn't patentable). They then owe me money. > > Why does MS want this? Open source. We don't have the money to file for > patents. Open Office or Mozilla has a great new invention? MS patents it, > they own it, they sue Mozilla and Open Office. Competition crushed again. Which is sorta what I was saying. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
