Comments on: Bye-bye, BlackBerry?

A federal court hearing scheduled for Friday is inspiring fevered thumb-typists to ponder life without mobile e-mail.
Photos: BlackBerry's big fans in D.C., Hollywood

[t8]

I want to patent the consumption of pizza...

...for the years 2007-2010. There is no prior art of course. I will make details of royalty payments available soon.

[t8]

I want to patent the consumption of pizza...

...for the years 2007-2010. There is no prior art of course. I will make details of royalty payments available soon.

[rg7714]

Who care's??

Blackberry and Apple are way over rated. I hope Blackberry goes bye bye.

[Bob Brinkman]

re: Who Cares?

Pretty much every user at the corporate level where I work, and the electronic comm. groups that manages the email servers to name a few.

Any business where these are implemented is going to get rocked by this.

[rg7714]

Who care's??

Blackberry and Apple are way over rated. I hope Blackberry goes bye bye.

[Bob Brinkman]

re: Who Cares?

Pretty much every user at the corporate level where I work, and the electronic comm. groups that manages the email servers to name a few.

Any business where these are implemented is going to get rocked by this.

[Mudd3d]

Single Source

How can any entity be it Fed or Civ go with a single source solution, setup servers, expend person hours all for something that can not be ported elsewhere or changed to a different provider?
What ever happened to following one of the top rules: Best Business Practice.
After 20 years of Pagers, Cell phones and such, I'm hoping it gets shutdown, then everyone can take a deep breath and remember a time without.

of course then again the same can apply to FAXes and overnight delivery.

I'm going to go dust my TELEX machine now. <g>

[Mudd3d]

Single Source

How can any entity be it Fed or Civ go with a single source solution, setup servers, expend person hours all for something that can not be ported elsewhere or changed to a different provider?
What ever happened to following one of the top rules: Best Business Practice.
After 20 years of Pagers, Cell phones and such, I'm hoping it gets shutdown, then everyone can take a deep breath and remember a time without.

of course then again the same can apply to FAXes and overnight delivery.

I'm going to go dust my TELEX machine now. <g>

[eSchmeltzer]

Use it or loose it!!!

Let common sense prevail somewhere in the legal system. Use it or loose it. How many times have we all thought of something, only to see that very idea come to life later on? Thoughts are cheap, they are good, and they are free, but the test is to make the thing work, or to make it period!

This is similar to the Acasia law suit where the "inventor" says that any form of streaming video on the net is THEIR idea. They just "patented" it and waited like a spider for someone to use the concept: t is a totally corrupt policy to allow someone to knowingly let their "patents" be used to the point that the public cant live without it, then jump up and say," you owe me".. If they did not want it to be used, they should have made some calls. Instead, they knowing waited. They had no intention of ever using it in any product at all.

A ?Use it or lose it? policy stop these ?hostage suits? which only makes the cost of the product higher to the user.

Maybe I can patent that Idea. If you have an idea that you have never used, you owe me money. Just let me know and I will tell you where to send the check.

Works for me.

[eSchmeltzer]

Use it or loose it!!!

Let common sense prevail somewhere in the legal system. Use it or loose it. How many times have we all thought of something, only to see that very idea come to life later on? Thoughts are cheap, they are good, and they are free, but the test is to make the thing work, or to make it period!

This is similar to the Acasia law suit where the "inventor" says that any form of streaming video on the net is THEIR idea. They just "patented" it and waited like a spider for someone to use the concept: t is a totally corrupt policy to allow someone to knowingly let their "patents" be used to the point that the public cant live without it, then jump up and say," you owe me".. If they did not want it to be used, they should have made some calls. Instead, they knowing waited. They had no intention of ever using it in any product at all.

A ?Use it or lose it? policy stop these ?hostage suits? which only makes the cost of the product higher to the user.

Maybe I can patent that Idea. If you have an idea that you have never used, you owe me money. Just let me know and I will tell you where to send the check.

Works for me.