Sun is a terrific innovator. IBM is a great company. What's not to like?
IBM outsources everything that isn't nailed down. They are a global company, not an American company, and they cut staff in the USA while growing elsewhere.
Outsourcing is something Sun isn't that good at. They try but their heart's not in it.
Keep Sun out of IBM and keep a chunk the the software industry in the USA.
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Patents Don't Pay
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I just filed for a patent and the comments here don't reflect the current
situation re: software patents. Basically, the Supremes made it a lot harder to get a patent. The intent is to increase the value of good patents, filter out the
copycat trash, and reduce litigation overall.
A patent is a "teaching". You give up trade secret protection in return for
patent protection. It's not code; that's protected by copyright.
I think the premise of the NYTimes article is silly. Patents are part of a large IP 'eco-system' and judging the value of patents requires looking at the whole system.
From my point of view (small company, great new idea) I think a patent will make my company more valuable in an acquisition. I absolutely have no intent or interest in defending this thing. Leave that to the stable of attorneys in the acquiring company. Thus is is absolutely a good for the small company / entrepreneur to have patent protection in that it motivates me to both innovate and then publish the innovation.
Of course firefox is a better browser than the new netscape.
But I still use the 7.2 email client. It supports access to free webmail from inside the
email client: MUCH nicer than the web interfaces.
For that reason alone this is good news.
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Sun is a terrific innovator. IBM is a great company. What's not to like? IBM outsources everything that isn't nailed down. They are a global company, not an American company, and they cut staff in the USA while growing elsewhere. Outsourcing is something Sun isn't that good at. They try but their heart's not in it. Keep Sun out of IBM and keep a chunk the the software industry in the USA.
I just filed for a patent and the comments here don't reflect the current situation re: software patents. Basically, the Supremes made it a lot harder to get a patent. The intent is to increase the value of good patents, filter out the copycat trash, and reduce litigation overall. A patent is a "teaching". You give up trade secret protection in return for patent protection. It's not code; that's protected by copyright. I think the premise of the NYTimes article is silly. Patents are part of a large IP 'eco-system' and judging the value of patents requires looking at the whole system. From my point of view (small company, great new idea) I think a patent will make my company more valuable in an acquisition. I absolutely have no intent or interest in defending this thing. Leave that to the stable of attorneys in the acquiring company. Thus is is absolutely a good for the small company / entrepreneur to have patent protection in that it motivates me to both innovate and then publish the innovation.
Of course firefox is a better browser than the new netscape. But I still use the 7.2 email client. It supports access to free webmail from inside the email client: MUCH nicer than the web interfaces. For that reason alone this is good news.