From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 23:04:54 MDT
Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > CYMM SAYS: If MS were a real monopoly; it would be poor
> > marketing. Now, with Open Source, this strategy seems to be
> > plain stupid. "Intellectual property" as a concept has gone
> > wayyy too far. The pendulum is about to swing the other way...
> > it's a built in negative feedback loop.
>
> Except that they're using patent law (and trade secret law
> extended to infinite patent law?) to try and remove open
> source software from the marketplace.
Just how is it that they are doing this??? Examples?
>
> And with patent examiners being paid depending on how many
> patents they /approved/ (and not on how many they examined
> or on the quality of their work), I can't really see this
> situation improving ...
Is that how it works here in the US or just where you are?
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