Imagine if MS, Apple, RIM AND Google all cooperated and said "this is silly, let's get rid of all our nukes (patents) and live in peace". Collectively, they wou

Imagine if MS, Apple, RIM AND Google all cooperated and said "this is silly, let's get rid of all our nukes (patents) and live in peace". Collectively, they would be $4.5 billion better off and could use it to build something instead of stocking up on weapons.