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From: Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe@ugent.be>
To: Patent Forum <patents@aful.org>
Subject: [Media] IBM back on the desktop
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:16:31 +0200

Hello,

"http://www.eastandard.net/financialstandard/news/fsnews27040408.htm";

Mainly a generic article with lots of nonsense hype frases like "our focus is to ensure that we align our performance in this market to add value for our customers through professional solutions and services." (where do they keep getting them from? :)

However, near the end are some interesting numbers:

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The e-business on-demand strategy, Garroll said, is being powered by the world’s largest portfolio of software patents.

Software alone accounted for over 40 per cent of the 3,415 US patents in 2003 and IBM received nearly three times as many as Microsoft and twice the combined total of the patents awarded to its four rivals Oracle, BEA, Microsoft and Computer Associates.
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Jonas

[Media] IBM back on the desktop, Jonas Maebe

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