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Why Software Patents Are a Joke — Literally 311

eburnette writes "A former Sun/Oracle employee explains how developers created patents in an unofficial contest to see who could get the goofiest patent through the system. James Gosling said, '... we got sued, and lost. The penalty was huge. Nearly put us out of business. We survived, but to help protect us from future suits we went on a patenting binge. Even though we had a basic distaste for patents, the game is what it is, and patents are essential in modern corporations, if only as a defensive measure. There was even an unofficial competition to see who could get the goofiest patent through the system. My entry wasn't nearly the goofiest.' Now Oracle is using patents from the same folks as the basis for its lawsuit against Google."

Comment You forget somes:almost free hardware makes sense (Score 1) 993

Technology will always improve.

Entire AppleII can be put on a $20 FPGA because of the improvements in technology.

But you forget about improvements in technology will also create new stuffs. Very new stuffs. And when it still not common, not common hardware maker can produce it and it will have a high price!
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Journal Journal: web based file manager

i'm currenty searching for suitable file manager based on web. it's intent to be used by my web hosting service.

i found some candidates at the sourceforges:

  • phylex
  • quixplorer
  • webmanage

which is the best? i'll explore that in this week and hope can report my exploration as soon as possible.

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