>In concrete terms, imagine if, just as individuals in a company cooperate, companies cooperated with each other. Everyone would be better off. At it's root, th

>In concrete terms, imagine if, just as individuals in a company cooperate, companies cooperated with each other. Everyone would be better off. At it's root, this is the difference between seeing life as a non-zero-sum game as opposed to a zero-sum one. So... it's exactly what MS, Apple, RIM, etc. did. They cooperated, combined their resources, and outbid Google for the pool. There's no indication that these patents aren't going to be used. Since RIM is in the group, it seems that the hardware patents are definitely going to be used, and who knows what Apple and MS want from the pot. I still don't see how this is an argument specifically against software patents.