Hi Scott > http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2005dltr0012.html > > Abstract > > A Winter 2004 article by Bradford L. Smith and Susan O. Mann of > Microsoft huh?? did they lose their jobs when they published this?: > This paper suggests that such > patents were neither the sole nor the principal factor for the > development of the software industry, that concerns about patents > manifested prior to or soon after their application to software have > proven true, and that patents are, in fact, not serving the interests > of either the U.S. software industry or the consuming public. To that > end, this paper advances recommendations for reforming the U.S. patent > system as well as consideration of a new schema for protecting > software. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.