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I find it hard to believe that Gelernter's work played any role in the creation of Apple's products. I've read some of his stuff (admittedly unrelated) and the
by gruseom 16y ago
I find it hard to believe that Gelernter's work played any role in the creation of Apple's products. I've read some of his stuff (admittedly unrelated) and the thing that leapt out at me was how hard it would be to do anything with it. (Edit: frankly, I don't think it's all that hard to sit around "inventing" things if all you have to do is write about them and never back them up with real products. Research prototypes don't count, either.)
These judgments are really hard to stomach. Perhaps, though, if enough powerful companies get hit with them, they'll lobby to stop the insanity. That's how the legislative process works, isn't it?
- jcl 16y agoBe careful of what you wish for, though. Powerful companies would most likely lobby for changes to patent law that benefit powerful companies. For example, they might lobby to require the invention be a "real product", defined as N x 100,000 units or $N million dollars revenue. While that would eliminate patent trolls, it would also destroy small companies and individual inventors.
- marknutter 16y agoWhy exactly would that destroy small companies or individual inventors?
- borism 16y agobecause achieving 100k units or 1M in revenue in short period of time is beyond their abilities, duh?