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An Insider's View of Software Patents

Posted by timothy on from the broken-record-indeed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ross Gittins at the Sydney Morning Herald has published an interesting insider view of software patents. This kind of thing is starting to be a hot issue down here with the US-Australia Free Trade deal about to be ratified and bring our intellectual property laws in line with Micros^D^D^D^D^D^D^D America's."

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  1. I think ou mean... by march · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Micros^D^D^D^D^D^D^D

    Micros^H^H^H^H^H

    The ^D's just wouldn't accomplish what you want. :-)

  2. Re:Poster has the wrong idea by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Far from it. MS has their hands in just about everything. While not direct, MS always has their hand in it. If nothing else, think about how SCO is simply a proxy for MS and Sun.

    MS (and companies such as Sun) have been gearing up for a patent fight for the last 4 years. Right now, they are hoping that Astralia, EU, and Asia will swallow the hemlock that we are offering.

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  3. ...in line with...? by FIGJAM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What is Microsa's?

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  4. Wrong control code by meowsqueak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's ^H (backspace) not ^D (end of transmission) to 'delete' the prior character.