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To me, its a real shame he's not making more money from this, as they don't hold a patent because because at the time of invention (1979) it just wasn't common
by mlukaszek 7y ago
To me, its a real shame he's not making more money from this, as they don't hold a patent because because at the time of invention (1979) it just wasn't common for software to be patented.
He would be crazy rich otherwise.
http://www.bricklin.com/patenting.htm http://www.bricklin.com/patenting.htm
- kstrauser 7y agoThank god. Can you imagine how far behind our current technology we would be if people had patented fundamental concepts in computer? That would have been financially ruinous.