[SGVLUG] Holeeeeeee Smoke

[Joel Witherspoon]

Some notable quotes:

"Pamela Jones at Groklaw <http://www.groklaw.com/> told the *Examiner *that
because Microsoft doesn't make many machines, *much of its patent portfolio
just went up in smoke*"

"Many people say the problem with a lot of business and software patents is
that they describe simple things that many people consider normal daily
procedures. In 1833, the *New York City Sun *newspaper was founded. Benjamin
Day, the publisher, didn't file for a patent on his innovative business
practices of selling advertising and using news boys to distribute his
papers. All up and down the eastern seaboard, newspapers popped up. It is
very doubtful that this industry would have come about had the
*Sun'*s* *business
practices been patented. "

"So good luck to Microsoft, Oracle and a lot of American high-tech companies
in attempting to protect their software's market value. The world is going
through a financial overhaul and only the nimble will survive."

http://www.itexaminer.com/us-court-throws-out-most-software-patents.aspx
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