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> Considering how high the bar is, there's all the incentive in the world to try and be Google better than Google, at least the way I look at things. Goog has
by mgkimsal 11y ago
> Considering how high the bar is, there's all the incentive in the world to try and be Google better than Google, at least the way I look at things.
Goog has ~20 years of patents behind them, and anyone coming up now will have to figure out a way of being 'better' while not infringing on any patent. And/or, they'll need to have enough deep pockets behind them to weather patent infringement suits.
- shrugger 10y agoPatents have a shorter shelf-life than Google. I think eventually we'll come to the conclusion that software and hardware patents are counter-productive and abolish them.