Darren New wrote:
>> And, seriously, how many of the companies involved wouldn't have 
>> wanted patents? 
> 
> About half. The half that lost the patent case in court, in particular. 
> And that's why we have precedents. You can't argue that this case 
> applies to him and an identical case doesn't apply to you.
> 
> But sure, in general? Go for it. That's what the legislature and judges 
> decide, and that's what's before the courts now.
> 
I would disagree with this assessment, for the very reason you state, 
but flipped. No company wants to discredit a patent system that would 
allow them to say, "But the same rule applies to so and so's case, so it 
should apply to mine." Anyone arguing to invalidate software patent is 
cutting their own throat, ***if*** they think they have any sort of 
software to which they might want to apply a patent.

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void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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