Patents and the patent-system kill all innovation and freedom.
The current push for patents (especially as we now see happening in Europe) is designed for one thing and one thing only: KILL LINUX.
Apple is right alongside M$, Sun, HP and the other big boys in pushing for it, using any means at hand.
Th only "flaw" (for them) is things like this: patent claims by companies that don't produce anything, and consequently can't be counter-sued or crosslicenced with. Still the big boys figure this is a price worth paying for having the whole legal system at their disposal to kill any upstart and/or open-source initiative at will.
I seriously want this lawsuit, and many many mote to succeed, because then, and only then will it become apearant to the public at large that the idea of "software and business patents" is really state-sponsored crime and extortion. And then and only then will the big companies start realizing they have entereed into a pact with the devil (so to speak) and they are losing more than they are winning unless they actively lobby for the abolishment of the whole thing.
They lobbied and bribed it into existence, and make no mistake, should they want to they can easily lobby and bribe it out of existence again.
The amount of spyware on one's computer can be worked out by this simple formula:
Ignorance * greed *apathy / number of actually functioning braincells
To each his/her own......
We got our lessons when the Germans had their book-burnings here during the war.
You didn't.
These whole procedings (banning books from (school) libraries) would be totally completely and utterly unthinkable here (Holland).
I suggest to maybe try changing some things by using your vote come November.....
This is both really simple, way more intuitive than VB, and you (she) get(s) instant reward: something that works, (can be) visually appealing, and even usefull, like an address-database or something for a club or collection or similar...
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Patents and the patent-system kill all innovation and freedom. The current push for patents (especially as we now see happening in Europe) is designed for one thing and one thing only: KILL LINUX. Apple is right alongside M$, Sun, HP and the other big boys in pushing for it, using any means at hand. Th only "flaw" (for them) is things like this: patent claims by companies that don't produce anything, and consequently can't be counter-sued or crosslicenced with. Still the big boys figure this is a price worth paying for having the whole legal system at their disposal to kill any upstart and/or open-source initiative at will. I seriously want this lawsuit, and many many mote to succeed, because then, and only then will it become apearant to the public at large that the idea of "software and business patents" is really state-sponsored crime and extortion. And then and only then will the big companies start realizing they have entereed into a pact with the devil (so to speak) and they are losing more than they are winning unless they actively lobby for the abolishment of the whole thing. They lobbied and bribed it into existence, and make no mistake, should they want to they can easily lobby and bribe it out of existence again.
The amount of spyware on one's computer can be worked out by this simple formula: Ignorance * greed *apathy / number of actually functioning braincells To each his/her own......
We got our lessons when the Germans had their book-burnings here during the war. You didn't. These whole procedings (banning books from (school) libraries) would be totally completely and utterly unthinkable here (Holland). I suggest to maybe try changing some things by using your vote come November.....
This is both really simple, way more intuitive than VB, and you (she) get(s) instant reward: something that works, (can be) visually appealing, and even usefull, like an address-database or something for a club or collection or similar...