From srctran@world.std.com  Wed Nov 29 18:37:32 2000
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:37:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Gregory Aharonian srctran@world.std.com
Subject: [Patents] Hardware/software codesign

>> there is nothing special about software

> that is an unsubstantiated statement, contradicted by economists.

Here you lie.  SOME, and I repeat, SOME economists, have come out
critical against software patents.  Many other economists haven't,
partly because it is very difficult to economically measure the
impact of patents on any economic process, given the complexities
of today's marketplace.

SO if you are abandoning mathematical logic, and relying on economics
to argue against software patents, I encourage you to do so (only
because you are completely wasting your time doing so).

Greg Aharonian




