Re: [Patents] computer.org article

[Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>]

>No. With only a 1000$ machine, ten fingers and my brain I can design 
>software,
>realize a prototype, test it, fine tune it, distribute it.  That's not true
>with hardware.

With only a 1000$ machine, ten fingers and my brain I can design hardware
(using open source CAE tools), test it, fine tune it, and distribute the
VHDL (or similar code) for others to load into their FPGAs coprocessor
boards.  Indeed, the selling of hardware designs is a hundred million 
dollar a year business (such as processor cores and network chips).  Not
once do the hardware designers ever get physical.  They are too busy trying
to make money and run a business.

Greg Aharonian