Rubin Bennett <[email protected]> writes: > Just to be clear, my purpose in attending would be to learn, not to heckle. > But I do strongly believe that software patents are horrible, terrible, bad > ideas that should not be allowed, never mind defended.
Absolutely. The speaker is an invited guest, coming clear across the country, and deserving of utmost respect. The goal would be to formulate Honest, Interesting, yet Opinionated questions that challenge the view of software-related patents in a business context as a necessary or even positive thing. The goal would be to improve everyone's understanding of the complexity of the issue, via the question and its answer … nothing else. Seeking only to heckle is inefficient for everyone concerned. -- ...jsled http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo $...@${b}
