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Milestone comes during push to license technology, use intellectual property as a selling point over Linux.
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was the large stack of small, black cubes with the Microsoft logo
on them. Every person I interviewed with had a handful of them.
They are cubes that say something like "Microsoft thanks you"...
If I got a black cube to set up in my office every time I patented
an obvious non-innovation, I would crank through them too...
Oh, and it's only when they start the process that they get the
cube - because the process takes a long time...
What, like your interview with Microsoft... it's taking a while for the offer to come??
was the large stack of small, black cubes with the Microsoft logo
on them. Every person I interviewed with had a handful of them.
They are cubes that say something like "Microsoft thanks you"...
If I got a black cube to set up in my office every time I patented
an obvious non-innovation, I would crank through them too...
Oh, and it's only when they start the process that they get the
cube - because the process takes a long time...
What, like your interview with Microsoft... it's taking a while for the offer to come??
The truth is different.
None of the Microsoft patents is innovative. Microsoft has not, traditionally, been an innovative company.
The purpose of all these patents is to block competition. Most of them would probably be ruled invalid if they went to court. But challenging a patent costs millions of dollars. Most companies cannot afford it. The Free Software movement, which is the main competitor to Microsoft, cetainly cannot afford it.
Most people who have studied the subject consider that software patents are harmful to the economy and do not achieve any of the goals that the patent system was intended for.
I think most people have not studied the subject. Can you identify a couple important goals of the patent system, and explain how software patents fail to achieve them?
The truth is different.
None of the Microsoft patents is innovative. Microsoft has not, traditionally, been an innovative company.
The purpose of all these patents is to block competition. Most of them would probably be ruled invalid if they went to court. But challenging a patent costs millions of dollars. Most companies cannot afford it. The Free Software movement, which is the main competitor to Microsoft, cetainly cannot afford it.
Most people who have studied the subject consider that software patents are harmful to the economy and do not achieve any of the goals that the patent system was intended for.
I think most people have not studied the subject. Can you identify a couple important goals of the patent system, and explain how software patents fail to achieve them?
- by bcdalai February 12, 2009 9:00 AM PST
- Where can i find all the (Microsoft) patent details.
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(17 Comments)I want to know all about.
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