Wasn't http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ created to combat this sort of event? What happens if the linux camp responds with suites of their own? Looking at OIN's portfolio, some of those patents look rather weighty. Not to mention that Novell, IBM, Redhat, and Sony all support linux and all have extremely large portfolios of their own.
Did the principle of M.A.D. that the industry has relied on to keep from imploding just fly out the window?
[IANAL, Rampant Speculation, etc, etc]
I mean, how could the average Dateline viewer *not* want to see this? What viewer in their right mind wouldn't relish to chance to see a group of balding overweight hackers, garbed in black t-shirts (with obligitary armpit stains) working on laptops for _hours_ on end?! It's TV magic!
I'm in my last year of highschool, I live within walking distance of this uni, and haven't even considered the possibility of going here. Whenever I visit the campus, I notice that much it is literally falling apart while they pump money into a few choice buildings that are the most viewed by the public (i.e. student union / basketball stadium). I'd say that it's pretty clear that they are much less interested in serving enrolled students than they are enticing new bank accounts (er, students).
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Wasn't http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ created to combat this sort of event? What happens if the linux camp responds with suites of their own? Looking at OIN's portfolio, some of those patents look rather weighty. Not to mention that Novell, IBM, Redhat, and Sony all support linux and all have extremely large portfolios of their own. Did the principle of M.A.D. that the industry has relied on to keep from imploding just fly out the window? [IANAL, Rampant Speculation, etc, etc]
...had they pulled this off.
I mean, how could the average Dateline viewer *not* want to see this? What viewer in their right mind wouldn't relish to chance to see a group of balding overweight hackers, garbed in black t-shirts (with obligitary armpit stains) working on laptops for _hours_ on end?! It's TV magic!
I'm in my last year of highschool, I live within walking distance of this uni, and haven't even considered the possibility of going here. Whenever I visit the campus, I notice that much it is literally falling apart while they pump money into a few choice buildings that are the most viewed by the public (i.e. student union / basketball stadium). I'd say that it's pretty clear that they are much less interested in serving enrolled students than they are enticing new bank accounts (er, students).