John Carter wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/
More of the same M$ FUD, or are we heading for Patent Law Armageddon
Now....
And what should our response in NZ be?
I thought that was a very balanced and informative article.
Or, at least, as balanced as these things usually get.
It's so good I may use it to inform managers of FOSS.
I think that it captures the state of things quite well.
And as for what we should be doing here in NZ?
Keep an eye on any new IP legislation and talk to MPs about it.
Try to explain what is going on to reporters. Even though they often
seem to try to simplify things too far so the "masses can understand".
When all they do is dumb things down to the point where the described
issue becomes meaningless.
A case in point being that story on Close Up with that guy with the big mo.
He did a story on "Open Source" but it ended up being a story about
collaborative music and movie making.
my $0.02,
Zane
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