I always thought coders had the ability to sniff out a BS software patent a mile away. But with all the pro-Apple patent comments, it seems software ignoramuse

I always thought coders had the ability to sniff out a BS software patent a mile away. But with all the pro-Apple patent comments, it seems software ignoramuses and revisionists have taken over HN. How can anyone "skilled in the art" stand by Apple's patents as non-obvious? http://www.erwanmace.com/2010/03/apple-did-not-invent-apps-and-touchscreen-phones-they-only-made-it-mainstream/ http://www.erwanmace.com/2010/03/apple-did-not-invent-apps-a... If such innovations weren't obvious to someone in the mobile industry given all the prior art out there, they've got to be a complete idiot.