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- From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- Cc: <patents@aful.org>, Nick Fleming <Nick@bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk>, <iriXx@iriXx.org>
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: Jpeg Patent
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:45:24 +0200 (CEST)
> >....it is clear to anybody who has eyes to see and ears to hear that
> >....[software patents] are degrading the environment of software
> >....development and doing more bad than good.
>
> And where is the data for this exaggerated accusation? I have eyes,
> which I use everyday I am in libraries. And my eyes see software
> journals and conferences proceedings and books getting bigger and
> bigger every year. No degradation there. Software development is
> a very healthy and thriving process. I could even supply page
> counts if you would like.
Eyes that can see only numbers are blind. As said before, "statistical
proof" is a burden that you have placed on your own shoulders, not on
anybody else's.
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