On 2/28/07, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Personally I am encouraged by news like this. It brings us one step > closer to fixing the US patent system. I am not certain I agree with you at all, unless you are trying to use it as an example of how broken things get.
That's exactly what I mean. No one cares when people abuse the broken US patent system to make life hard for a bunch of free software developers. Maybe things will improve now that it's happening to people like Research in Motion and Microsoft and big pharma, who are in a position to buy some legislation to fix it. Lee
