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"You might recall that the Lotus v. Borland suit (1990) originally resulted in a ruling affirming the copyrightability of a menu hierarchy." Well those resourc
by waterlesscloud 15y ago
"You might recall that the Lotus v. Borland suit (1990) originally resulted in a ruling affirming the copyrightability of a menu hierarchy."
Well those resources were certainly well spent, as the current dominance of these two companies indicates.
- bluedanieru 15y agoHere's to the pattern continuing in the case of Oracle. They are a blight.
- kijin 15y agoI'd be a tad bit concerned about a patent troll obtaining Oracle's IP if they ever go down, though. Oh, the joy of having to choose the lesser of two evils.
- nextparadigms 15y agoLet's worry about the first, "real" evil right now, rather than a hypothetical one in the future.
- SkyMarshal 15y agoOr, take a cue from Stallman and worry about both.
- bluedanieru 15y agoOracle already goes after the small players who don't have a patent portfolio of their own, and patent trolls tend to avoid the bigger players anyway. It could be worse, but not much worse.
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