Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:50 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL must die! Message-ID: <20110317174650.GC85969@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinO0cGB5kS7bJTXg5JTh601stvR-X6z7nR-eXEm@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikrA3U9HDMQ%2BFekZzhOuM9q53k7jr3yvy9MLbeP@mail.gmail.com> <20110307170014.GB65289@guilt.hydra> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <20110316004351.GA6614@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTinGrDYBtYgw=38wCdCVLu_pWsij3djrm=5BDUV5@mail.gmail.com> <20110316180938.GA10333@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTinToezY70h611GV_9TKnAu7KGoi0dq5bU8cec27@mail.gmail.com> <4D815D0A.8050404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <AANLkTinO0cGB5kS7bJTXg5JTh601stvR-X6z7nR-eXEm@mail.gmail.com>
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--uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth David Brodbeck on Thursday, 17 March 2011: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Da Rock > <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > >> The problem is it'd have to be someone who's unemployed. ;) =A0Any > >> software company is going to want to patent something that valuable; > >> they'd be failing their shareholders if they didn't. > >> > > > > Except a private company. >=20 > Yeah, but most private software companies are trying to get bought > out by one of the big guys, in which case a good patent portfolio is > helpful. I remember hearing about one company in the 90s that > actually had "be acquired by Microsoft" as part of their long-term > business plan. Nowadays it's "be acquired by Google." Requires less of a patent portfolio, and more creative energy. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com --uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNgkkKAAoJEIpckszW26+RzAwIAL/P5LiW3SQdD/u7l/gtJD+T ZwnIS490HOlTqY39QBU8rlmvMULMoBwetOdu/MKQ5Huu3tEOs+ep31h3NGpOXQcJ xYsPDjpMrtmTvPrnJiJynZjUTYr4TNjR+rGP5dNEQgwkKQC5/EDLzo/v1A/FVljN GzS/uARTk3cVkl6Voca9SyIbDQ9YQyO2hafl7/h5fUSL2eOL5akr54lDB7K7RqU4 ysXmNQW+hXEV/c7pHJET3396SSj+U2BX4XfKTPyry3O8bddkS4lkejJ40+GOOVKO 4VQY3qD2tUQVpM4MW5WkcFra9VAi5mhXJ+Zi6RhpI8t2Z1dEv/qClltfUVr5eWk= =syI6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ--
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