Linux has to start somewhere with a big commercial supporter. I would even re-purchase Valve titles if they did this to show my support of the move.
I will however NOT purchase titles that are simply wrapped in WINE or something similar, much like EA does with their titles on OS X. It shows little work or care for the platform when they do things like that.
How much do I have to pay to switch version in ubuntu again??
Btw, with a few exceptions these aren't different 'versions' as in they can mostly be installed right along next to other 'versions' if you want. Oh, and one doesn't loose features by installing one vs the other.
You are right in that we don't know if they asked Apple, or the other companies they are suing about licensing possibilities, but I'm going to guess they didn't if they are suing all the companies at once. If they approached each company indivdually you would think they would sue on a more spread out schedule. But again, we simply don't know
And also, I don't categorize this as an 'Invention'. This is an idea. Even if they came up with one solid implementation of this idea I would give them more credit an call it an Invention, but as far as I can tell they haven't. My understanding is that you actually make something (even if its just 1 unit), patent whatever that something does, try and go find funding/investors if you need to get your idea to market. It seems today we can completely skip steps 1 and 3 and go step 4 which is suing infringers.
Does anyone know if these folks have approached ANYONE on licensing this idea? As no one has mentioned any particular device that all these companies seem to be copying then I'm going to guess that they haven't. And if that's true it just adds to troll fire.
But here's the thing, what did they do with this patent? Did they ever make a physical device that implemented this idea? If not, and if they just sat on the patent, then that smells an awful lot like a patent troll. I don't care if Apple/Vonage/whoever copied the idea of the patent if Klausner Patent Technologies (Patent being the keyword in the Assignee/Company name) didn't do anything with it.
Patent Troll = someone who comes up with an idea, patents, and sits around waiting to sue anyone who DARES do something with the idea and make money off it.
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Linux has to start somewhere with a big commercial supporter. I would even re-purchase Valve titles if they did this to show my support of the move.
I will however NOT purchase titles that are simply wrapped in WINE or something similar, much like EA does with their titles on OS X. It shows little work or care for the platform when they do things like that.
Btw, with a few exceptions these aren't different 'versions' as in they can mostly be installed right along next to other 'versions' if you want. Oh, and one doesn't loose features by installing one vs the other.
You mean something like this?
For anyone that doesn't get the 'andweeeeeee' tag may I refer you to http://www.threebrain.com/weeeeee.shtml/.
You are right in that we don't know if they asked Apple, or the other companies they are suing about licensing possibilities, but I'm going to guess they didn't if they are suing all the companies at once. If they approached each company indivdually you would think they would sue on a more spread out schedule. But again, we simply don't know And also, I don't categorize this as an 'Invention'. This is an idea. Even if they came up with one solid implementation of this idea I would give them more credit an call it an Invention, but as far as I can tell they haven't. My understanding is that you actually make something (even if its just 1 unit), patent whatever that something does, try and go find funding/investors if you need to get your idea to market. It seems today we can completely skip steps 1 and 3 and go step 4 which is suing infringers. Does anyone know if these folks have approached ANYONE on licensing this idea? As no one has mentioned any particular device that all these companies seem to be copying then I'm going to guess that they haven't. And if that's true it just adds to troll fire.
But here's the thing, what did they do with this patent? Did they ever make a physical device that implemented this idea? If not, and if they just sat on the patent, then that smells an awful lot like a patent troll. I don't care if Apple/Vonage/whoever copied the idea of the patent if Klausner Patent Technologies (Patent being the keyword in the Assignee/Company name) didn't do anything with it. Patent Troll = someone who comes up with an idea, patents, and sits around waiting to sue anyone who DARES do something with the idea and make money off it.