[Patents] Re: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Prosecution

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

... and to boot, software publishers create very few jobs.  Microsoft
is a fairly small company in number of people employed (30 000).  And
only one third is in R&D (the rest is more or less independant of
where the products are made).

  ... and we do not need more jobs in thatn area anyway... there is already a 
shortage of professionals.

Bernard

On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 08:19:53PM -0000, Nick Fleming wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolas MONNET <nico@monnet.to>
> 
> >.... In the grand scheme of things, this relates to the fact that more and
> >more, despite our so called 'socialist' governments here in Europe, the
> >rights of citizens are alienated by corporations. ....
> 
> Corporations / Businesses mean jobs, and mass job cuts mean a dissatsfied
> population, which will then (probably) vote for another political party when
> the elections come. So on a political level, large businesses which make
> up a substantial portion of the economy have a very large influence on
> government policy. (It is no accident that Bill Gates was deemed the second
> most powerful man in Britain.). Large companies for their own protection
> need to patent their creations (on the simplest level) purely to protect
> jobs.
> So when you hear people talking about "protecting ideas" they are really
> talking about protecting peoples means of income.
>     Normally, this works as in the past the only institutions which can
> afford
> the research to create something worthy of a patent are the large
> companies. There are exceptions, but R & D is generally expensive.
>     Guess what ? It doesn't work for software as the R&D costs are much
> lower.The tools required for developing new creations are cheap, and
> thanks to the internet, often free. The ability to copy with 100 percent
> accuracy, works of literature, science, music and art at the touch of a
> button makes a mockery of copyright laws. etc etc..
> 
> Regards.
> 
> NickF..
> 
> 
> 
> 
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