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Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch
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Rahul Dhesi |
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Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch |
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Sat, 15 May 2004 20:05:39 +0000 (UTC) |
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Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>In article <slrncac935.m82.zen19725@cabalamat.cabalamat.org>,
> zen19725@zen.co.uk (phil hunt) wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 May 2004 16:45:21 -0400, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >No, I didn't overlook it. My point is that without patents, even these
>> >rare wins would be virtually impossible. Patents are one of the few
>> >weapons a small player can wield against a behemoth like Microsoft.
...
>Of course it helps Microsoft. It helps *everyone* -- big guys and
>little guys.
First it's a weapon that Stac wields against Microsoft. Then, a couple
of sentences later, the lawsuit helped Microsoft. Then, in the next
sentence, it helped everyone.
And all these inconsistent and random assertions are offered without any
proof whatsoever.
--
Rahul
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, (continued)
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, AES/newspost, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Rahul Dhesi, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch,
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- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, T . Max Devlin, 2004/05/16
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