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Ah yes, patents - the enemy of progress.

• protomyth 17y ago
  I'm all for hardware patents (they seem to get licensed and used), but these software ones have to go.
  • randallsquared 17y ago
    The Firewire patent(s) arguably killed Firewire, in an analogous way to software patents.
    • adamc 17y ago
      I think you mean the license fees killed Firewire. Apple got greedy and lost.
      • wmf 17y ago
        It's the same thing. The purpose of the Firewire patents was to collect licensing fees.