Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch

[Rahul Dhesi]

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> Microsoft Loses Patent Suit
...
>Now tell me: if there wasn't a patent system, what do you think would 
>have happened to Stac?

Does anybody really care?  Stac's patents were of dubious innovative
value to begin with.

The point that is repeatedly lost on those who defend the current patent
system is:  Nobody reads patents for the purpose of learning new things.
-- 
Rahul