This technology IP "war" is ridiculous. If motor manufacturers had the same intent there would only ever be one model with an IP registered "internal combustion engine" No other such engine would pass these idiotic patent laws. This is the greatest limitation to the development of new technology solutions. It is a fact that all new developments are built on previous knowledge. If this continues all development will stall, we might as well go back to the stone age.
Closed source applications and OS's are NOT peer reviewed, you have only the developers word! What guarantees does the user have that proprietary software does as it is marketed to do!! No one knows how secure or insecure these applications may be. Security goes way beyond just being able to directly hack through a software vulnerability. What about the hundreds of thousands of Malware, Trojans, Viruses that attack closed source programs, steal your passwords, mail out your documents to arbitrary addresses, delete your data. And it is said proprietary software is SECURE - Please get real
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This technology IP "war" is ridiculous. If motor manufacturers had the same intent there would only ever be one model with an IP registered "internal combustion engine" No other such engine would pass these idiotic patent laws. This is the greatest limitation to the development of new technology solutions. It is a fact that all new developments are built on previous knowledge. If this continues all development will stall, we might as well go back to the stone age.
Closed source applications and OS's are NOT peer reviewed, you have only the developers word! What guarantees does the user have that proprietary software does as it is marketed to do!! No one knows how secure or insecure these applications may be. Security goes way beyond just being able to directly hack through a software vulnerability. What about the hundreds of thousands of Malware, Trojans, Viruses that attack closed source programs, steal your passwords, mail out your documents to arbitrary addresses, delete your data. And it is said proprietary software is SECURE - Please get real