I don't think anyone here is against patents, what people are against are obvious patents (which most software ones are), and that they're granted with no repurcutions to the PTO if they're found invalid, but everyone else is left to clean up the mess the PTO created.
"They need to reform the patent law before it gets even more out of hand than it already"
The will only happen when dubious software patents becomes a liability to the PTO, which means that we need to start suing it as soon a any patent that was used to kill off, sue out of existence, etc... a company is found invalid.
Sorry to say it, but from what you've described, you simply quit because the work tools would be different.
Instead of seeing this as a way to expand you skills and learn to use other tools, you just quit. If you had other reasons (like way too much stress, unreasonable hours, etc... like I've had) then I might be inclined to saying you did the right thing, but not in this case.
Apple (or another store) should drop any labels that want to increase price.
Sure this could drastically decrease their count of their catalog, but the labels might get a clue: 20% more of no sales is $0. Then they'd be begging to be added back with the old price.
...Amazon asked the USPTO not to publish the application,..
Wow, if that isn't proof the the PTO is broken, I don't know what is... How the hell is a patent supposed to be challenged if it's not published until its so-called "approval" (ie. rubber stamping) by the PTO??
Geez buddy, take a joke! The "BSD is dead" joke has got to be the oldest on the web (though I guess I shouldn't expect an AC troll like you to actually know anything).
Unfortunately, the fact is that MS's license does state that some software can only be run on Windows; wether this is enforceble or not is another discussion, but until something says that's it's not legal, they are probably within their right to do this.
I don't think this is a really big problem as most other programs (ie non-MS stuff) should work fine, if you have a need for them (which is what I would run Wine for only anyways).
As soon as you start having people being paid to write for it you're likely to have bias or other form of non-accurate info, not that it's not perhaps happening now, but at least we don't pay to see possible propaganda as a 'premium' feature.
Has anyone considered a lawsuit against the USPTO for issuing frivolous patents, hence necessitating enormous legal costs for the patent "infringers"?
I've been saying this here quite a lot, as I don't see the fairness of the monkeys at the PTO creating a mess that someone else has to pay to clean up (or simply "pay for").
I wish a group of companies that were shutdown, sued out of existence, or whatever would sue the patent office after patents to were used to shut these companies down was proved invalid.
Then the PTO might finally realize software patents are going to be a liability to the PTO.
But there is only stumbling block: apparently there's an idiotic law that says you can't sue the goverment without the government's approval (as if the government 'could do not wrong!'), so we're left with the monkeys stamping everything that comes across their desks.
Maybe I should pay my taxes with bananas this year....
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As well as the so-called 'examiners' that granted it.
The will only happen when dubious software patents becomes a liability to the PTO, which means that we need to start suing it as soon a any patent that was used to kill off, sue out of existence, etc... a company is found invalid.
Except that software cannot be 'invented' - it's developped.
Instead of seeing this as a way to expand you skills and learn to use other tools, you just quit. If you had other reasons (like way too much stress, unreasonable hours, etc... like I've had) then I might be inclined to saying you did the right thing, but not in this case.
Sure this could drastically decrease their count of their catalog, but the labels might get a clue: 20% more of no sales is $0. Then they'd be begging to be added back with the old price.
Wow, if that isn't proof the the PTO is broken, I don't know what is... How the hell is a patent supposed to be challenged if it's not published until its so-called "approval" (ie. rubber stamping) by the PTO??
And relax, you'll live longer.
What? Too Soon?
But seriously, hopefully SCO will die and stay dead!
Unfortunately, the fact is that MS's license does state that some software can only be run on Windows; wether this is enforceble or not is another discussion, but until something says that's it's not legal, they are probably within their right to do this.
I don't think this is a really big problem as most other programs (ie non-MS stuff) should work fine, if you have a need for them (which is what I would run Wine for only anyways).
How the hell he got the gun is beyond me though... did they have him handcuffed??
SCO already tried to 'pull a Gracenote' and it's not unreasonable to think others (not necessarily Google) would try the same with Wikipedia
I've been saying this here quite a lot, as I don't see the fairness of the monkeys at the PTO creating a mess that someone else has to pay to clean up (or simply "pay for").
I wish a group of companies that were shutdown, sued out of existence, or whatever would sue the patent office after patents to were used to shut these companies down was proved invalid.
Then the PTO might finally realize software patents are going to be a liability to the PTO.
But there is only stumbling block: apparently there's an idiotic law that says you can't sue the goverment without the government's approval (as if the government 'could do not wrong!'), so we're left with the monkeys stamping everything that comes across their desks.
Maybe I should pay my taxes with bananas this year....
<rant>F@#$@ idiots at the PTO!</rant>
Of course some would like the death sentence as a more effective deterrent/barganing power, but I'll not get into that debate.
Reminds me of FOX (Futurama, etc...)
strange coincidence that both series that started and finished the franchise didn't get to 100 episodes each
(yeah yeah, the 'franchise' isn't dead officially, but given this show is cancelled early, there's not much chance of there being any more...)
Maybe not caused by can-spam, but can-spam gave spammers a shield to do their spamming legally, instead of being outright illegal.