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Subject: Re: Are Software Patents KILLING Innovation
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Date: 14 Oct 90 17:09:58 GMT
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In article <40579@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dtw@acsu.buffalo.edu (daniel t wesolowski) writes:
>
>Hello fellow programers,
>
>     If you create software/programs for use other than your personal
>use, I strongly urge you to read the article "Software Patents" in the
>Dr. Dobb's Journal (November 1990). While my posting does not even come
>close to all the information contained in the article, here are some
>quotes from the article.
>
....... (interesting quotes deleted)
>
>      Could I be wrong, or is it time for us programmers and others to band
>together and nip this patent garbage in the butt now! 

Fat chance getting the band together.  little chance to get them to play
in the same key.  No chance of that band having any effect on patent
practices.

>      In my opinion, if everyone starts playing the patent game, we won't
>have to worry about what is the best programming language or who makes the
>best compiler, cause we won't be able to use them anyway!
>

Those with the most expensive lawyers win again.

>Dan

Bill