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Hmm given that patents span for 20 years, and that's essentially forever in computer world, once this patent expires it probably will be worthless. In a world
by takeda 10y ago
Hmm given that patents span for 20 years, and that's essentially forever in computer world, once this patent expires it probably will be worthless.
In a world where advances are built on top of other advancements, patents just stifle innovation.
- noonewhocounts 10y agoAnd yet innovation proceeds at a pace unmatched in history, and is so commonplace it gets dismissed as not counting when it's not a revolutionary breakthrough.
- takeda 10y agoWhen you're referring to innovation, you're talking about everything. I'm referring to software.
- stilldontcount 10y agoIt's relatively impolite to tell someone what they meant
- true_religion 10y agoI'd disagree. There's a common saying that the great companies of today are made by someone trawling the forgotten CS papers of the 1980s, and implementing them to solve problems that didn't exist then. Also this patent expires in 8 years. Will we still need caches in 8 years? Why yes we will!