I just got this from my top teck tid bits for thersday news letter. it's vary timely. 10) Blind Confidential directs us to a very pertinent Information Week article discussing ways in which aggressive uses of patent law can ruin small companies, hold back innovation and stifle the creativity that has fueled the high technology explosion; some players in the adaptive technology industry are engaging in such tactics. http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printablearticle.jhtml?articleid=199602086 From Jose "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you." Psalm 32:8 This message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons. To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes