My point was that it is not the manufacturers that created this but the public(media) association of the term 'Netbook' with a small laptop. The fact that the term has now become generic should allow manufacturers to use the term to describe their product in that category. Psion still have their 'netBook' Netbook if it even falls into that category. I think they embrace the good fortune of having a genericized product and market it accordingly i.e. The Original Netbook.
just Google 'Netbook' and the hits you get will give you a broad range of manufacturers and specs for small notebooks/laptops that can connect to the web/net. It's a generic term now trademark or not. Generic means that it's manufacturer unspecific, I might want to buy a 'hoover', Dyson, Hoover, Electrolux and DirtDevil all spring to mind. I have already made the association to more than one manufacturer of dust suckers; it's a generic term.
Even re-sellers have a category for Netbooks.
I think you just answered the question; Genome Patents are stupid due to the fact they are not invented and not new. At some point in time someone will be born with the mutation that defines x. They are discoveries not inventions.
Thats funny, I switched the kitchen laptop used for internet email and googling over to Ubuntu from XP and no one noticed or even asked me why it looked different, the machine did what they wanted it to do.
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eliminated only your waste of fuel, they still have to get the book to you.
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs
My point was that it is not the manufacturers that created this but the public(media) association of the term 'Netbook' with a small laptop. The fact that the term has now become generic should allow manufacturers to use the term to describe their product in that category. Psion still have their 'netBook' Netbook if it even falls into that category. I think they embrace the good fortune of having a genericized product and market it accordingly i.e. The Original Netbook.
just Google 'Netbook' and the hits you get will give you a broad range of manufacturers and specs for small notebooks/laptops that can connect to the web/net. It's a generic term now trademark or not. Generic means that it's manufacturer unspecific, I might want to buy a 'hoover', Dyson, Hoover, Electrolux and DirtDevil all spring to mind. I have already made the association to more than one manufacturer of dust suckers; it's a generic term. Even re-sellers have a category for Netbooks.
I think you just answered the question; Genome Patents are stupid due to the fact they are not invented and not new. At some point in time someone will be born with the mutation that defines x. They are discoveries not inventions.
Non purchasers will save up to $1000 in the first year. lol
Thats funny, I switched the kitchen laptop used for internet email and googling over to Ubuntu from XP and no one noticed or even asked me why it looked different, the machine did what they wanted it to do.