The one thing I don't understand is why a company would care how many units Loki sells. I know they can't really talk about the details of their deals, but it seems to me like if Loki sells even one copy the original author wins. Say Loki ported (just an example, I'm sure no one really cares about this;-) Diablo II to Linux and sells one box. Blizzard makes $5.00 or whatever off of this. Loki is out $100K or whatever it costs them to port it which sucks for them but it doesn't hurt Blizzard at all.
Well, Neither you nor I know the details of the moneyflow involved, but it's bad image-wise (at a minimum) if the port doesn't sell well.
Actually, these people are making Amazon.com look like amateurs. DNA sequences are patented even though the patenter has no idea what the sequence does. It's worse than software patents.
On would think there might be some prior art, but as soon as DNA is decoded, it's checked for novelity, and patented. Stupid but true.
Foreign organizations learned long ago the best way to get advanced US technology is not by dumpster diving, but by making an illegal campaign donation to the Clinton/Gore '92 re-election.
Not only do they get secrets up front, they also get protection from stealing them the old-fashioned way as well!
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based on X-Windows (XFree86)? That's like sticking a yugo engine in a Ferrari. Maybe with SVGAlib or something custom and OpenAL.
Well, Neither you nor I know the details of the moneyflow involved, but it's bad image-wise (at a minimum) if the port doesn't sell well.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but 2 linux users is a majority. There are more distros than there are linux users.
On would think there might be some prior art, but as soon as DNA is decoded, it's checked for novelity, and patented. Stupid but true.
Not only do they get secrets up front, they also get protection from stealing them the old-fashioned way as well!
You pulled it pretty quickly!