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I think its more about building a patent arsenal so that when other large software companies think about enforcing a patent against Google they will get scared

by sfg 18y ago

I think its more about building a patent arsenal so that when other large software companies think about enforcing a patent against Google they will get scared off due to the risk of a counter action.

esja 18y ago
True, but you can't get to "no patents" via "more patents". If Google are genuinely against software patents, they should not participate, and fight them by other means, including entering "patent disarmament" agreements with other large companies. Organisations change, and the Google of tomorrow will probably be riddled with machiavellians and sociopaths, who consider the growing arsenal of software patents quite useful.