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More on the Microsoft v. EU Decision on Software Patents

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the settled-for-now dept.

bollow (a) NoLockIn writes "As pointed out on Groklaw, Microsoft has told the EU's Court of First Instance that "certain of the communications protocols that the Commission requires it to provide are covered by patents or patent applications and that it intends to file, before June 2005, a large number of patent applications." In view of this, Poland's courageous action against software patents is a great relief. There's an online thank-you letter for Poland with already over 10000 signatures."

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  1. Don't forget Poland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Poland sends a thousand soldiers risking their lives to fight terrorism, and you mock them. They vote against Microsoft, and suddenly they're heroes. Twisted fucking priorities you guys have.

    1. Re:Don't forget Poland by twiddlingbits · · Score: 0, Troll

      OhmyGawd, that crap rates a 5 as Insightful? It's a pack of lies. Probably written by someone who had some deal going under the table with Saddam. There are some many errors its hard to define them all. "health care"? Yea, if you were a party member, "education"- indoctination since Saddam was the only person ever allowed to be discussed. Rebuild the ancient wonders? LOL..he built himself dozens of palaces. "Peaceful, bloodless transition"..so damn funny...tell me ANY dictatorship that has been overthrown without any blood being shed. "theft of Iraq resources"..Bullshit. Iraq owns it's oil and sells it to whomever pulls up to the terminal at Basra. The US companies aren't doing anything except possibly infrastructure work to IMPROVE the flow of oil. I also see you forgot to mention the EU nations eagerly sucking up the black market oil during the "oil for food" days.
      Things in Iraq are certainly not rosy, but the are going to have elections, women can vote, kids can learn about the rest of world in school, and money from oil is staying in Iraq. 90% of the problems are being caused by EXTERNAL NON-IRAQI Muslim fundamentalists who want a theocracy. The everyday Iraqis don't. And the US being a "Christian" country has not a thing to do with Iraq. In fact Iraq itself has a large number of Chrisatians that were there BEFORE the "invasion". Capitalism was allowed under Saddam, he just got his cut. This is not the typical liberal anti-Bush diatribe, it's the rambling nonsense of an outright idiot.

      Go ahead, Mod me -1 Flamebait, I have Karma to spare.

  2. Re:How about... by back_pages · · Score: 0, Troll
    OK, I know people who believe can believe strange and illogical things, but that is ridiculous. Do you honestly believe that people who have faith don't influence the lives of the atheists and the agnostics?

    And you appear to be an atheist or an agnostic attempting to influence the life of a person with faith. Your point, had you one, equally demonstrates how out of line you are with your own tirade.

    How about the immediate social stigma you gather in tons of circles when you admit to not believing in God?

    Calling special attention to yourself as a minority doesn't make your life easier? Oh my gosh, you should write a book! I think you have stumbled upon some true wisdom that could really help people!

    It would be easier to have respect for the faithful if they had any respect for the non-faithful.

    Your post leads to the implication that it's easy to have respect for the non-faithful while you show disrespect to the faithful. It's almost as though you're implying some sort of inherent status possessed by the non-faithful that grants them an ethical superiority, a status that only truly exists if you have believe it hard enough. You ought to include something about this in your book, and ascribe the source of this special status to some unseen, intangible concept that steers the universe. Afterwards, you could hold weekly book club meetings and take donations.

    Let's be honest here, you're not being true to your faith if you're not actively trying to turn people who don't believe (since almost all faiths require this). So the better a believer you are, the more likely you are to be affecting the life of the person you replied to.

    Ah, clearly we're dealing with an expert, and one who feels no qualms about dictating what other people should or should not do, while preaching that influencing the lives of others is reprehensible. A prophet of convoluted hypocrisy!

    And look! An "Insightful" point bonus! Peer moderation has confirmed that Britney Spears is award winning music, Keanu Reeves is a great actor, and jsebrech is Slashdot's very own ethical compass! I, for one, am completely convinced you're not full of crap.