Re: TECH/NEWS: AOL about to acquire Netscape

From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Tue Nov 24 1998 - 06:17:06 MST


Ken Meyering [ken@define.com] wrote:
>Good news, Philips just announced a light bulb
>that lasts for 2 years. Oh joy. Maybe in 2015 they'll spill the
>beans on their 1968 patented lightbulb that lasts 200 years.

Well, given that patents only last about 20 years, why don't you go out, get
a copy of the patent, and start selling 200-year lightbulbs? Or is this just
another of those mythical patents that the evil corporations bought up so
no-one could use them?

    Mark



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