[Patents] American Inventor Coalition / was Re: Software and

[pelegrin@labri.u-bordeaux.fr (Francois PELLEGRINI)]

kodama@netcourrier.com wrote:
> >Since the Bessen+Maskin study shows that this concentration has no
> >benefit, then it is no use dissipating energy (= money) in the sw > patent 
> >system...
> 
> It is not your money !!
> Since SW business wants to spend (or waste, if you prefer this word) its 
> money in SW patents, just let it do !

You are surprising...
I did not know that software companies printed false money...    8^)

Whose money is it if it is not the end user's money ?
It is indeed *my* money that is at stake !!

Sorry, I do prefer to spend it in a more useful way than feeding
lawyers that I could not have had to pay otherwise. Of course,
lawyers may think the opposite way. I bet they do.

> Again, by "SW business", I do not mean "software designer" but managers. 
> And not some
> un-informed start-up managers neither (even if Mr. Breese told that some 
> were informed
> and meeting him)

Managers have nothing to manage if software engineers do not produce
software to sell. Never forget that.
Managers are here because there is a need for specialized people to
find opportunities to make this software generate better return on
invest for the company.
But once short-term greed will wreck the system, there will be no return
because there will be much less innovation.
As one of my relations said before : If you roast the chicken, say
goobye to the omelettes...


                                                f.p.