From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 17:46:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD721065689 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C998FC2A for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0HHd-0004K4-PW for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:51 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:50 -0700 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:50 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110317174650.GC85969@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110307170014.GB65289@guilt.hydra> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <20110316004351.GA6614@guilt.hydra> <20110316180938.GA10333@guilt.hydra> <4D815D0A.8050404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: HAL must die! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:46:55 -0000 --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 > 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--