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If you don't want to build anything, it doesn't matter. Patent trolls are basically ghosts with guns. There is nothing to really shoot at to kill. You can po
by robrenaud 16y ago
If you don't want to build anything, it doesn't matter.
Patent trolls are basically ghosts with guns. There is nothing to really shoot at to kill.
You can potentially take their gun away by invalidating their patents, they have no big downside risk. There is no profitable software development portion of the company that you can blow up.
- etherael 16y agoExcept in this particular instance, and in many other instances, it's not just pure patent trolls doing the abuse. Microsoft (and many of the other players in this war) does actually have a profitable software development portion of the company that could be blown up.