From srctran@world.std.com  Fri Jan 12 08:59:33 2001
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:59:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Gregory Aharonian srctran@world.std.com
Subject: [Patents] Intershop attacked

> ........ from software patents owned by Open Markets, a US company
> that specializes in hoarding patents ......

Hartmut, you don't win arguments by making up accusations.  To date,
Open Market has less than a dozen US patents.  That is too low to
appear in my annual statistics on software patents, let alone be the
basis for an accusation of "hoarding".

Hoarding is what you should be accusing companies like IBM of doing
if you were seriously interested in criticizing software patent 
hoarders.

Greg Aharonian




