[Patents] Re: Technical effect

[Bernard Michael Hurley bernard@firebird.uklinux.net]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 07:46:02PM -0400, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> >So what ... you will wnat your way ... and why do you assume you'll get
> >it?  Or do you intend to send the marines.
>

I think Bernard Lang was being ironic!
 
> Oh grow up - we live in a world where money rules, and those with the
> money in this particular game (European and American corporations) want
> to get rid of 52c.  And they won't send in the marines (stop watching
> old 1950s American movies).  We have a far more devastating attack
> force - lawyers.
>

It is true that money rules by default.  Especially in regard to issues that 
the majority regard as technical or complicated and where they are content to 
leave decisions up to those that consider to be experts.  However Governments 
have the ability to overrule the interests of large corporations and they 
will dosoif it is in their political interests to do so.

> If you want to be Don Quixote, and lose the nobel fight, have fun.  I have
> done it myself a few times when I was younger.  But if you want to make
> the patent system bette, pick a fight you have a chance at winning.
> 

Sometimes you win,  sometimes you loose,  but no one ever won a game of chess 
by resigning.

Bernard Hurley