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[citation needed]

nikcub 15y ago
for starters, in the comment section of the original post and besides, the onus of citation should be on you with your crazy broad assumption that Fred has placed 'immense pressure' on startups to generate patents.
- CPlatypus 15y ago
  I just looked at all of Fred's comments on that thread, and saw no such thing. Please don't lie just because you find the truth about startups and patents inconvenient.
  - nikcub 15y ago
    you mustn't have looked hard. Fred is very well known for his views on patents. from that thread: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#comment-464155642 http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#... http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#comment-464155632 http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#... more importantly, where is there even a single citation of Fred placing immense pressure on even a single startup to generate a patent? You should retract your comment, since you made it all up.
  - pg 15y ago
    Please don't lie just because you find the truth about startups and patents inconvenient. Will you please stop? The fact that you're having to hop all over this thread defending yourself should make you reconsider what you said, not start calling third parties liars for contradicting you.
    - larrys 15y ago
      He may be wrong and he may want to consider his views based on what others are saying. He may also be annoying you and others. But the fact that he has to "hop all over this thread defending" does not mean he is wrong in what he is saying. Edit: It just means the group here does not agree with what he is saying. The group has disagreed with what I have said in the past as well. I appreciate hearing his views although he uses language that I wouldn't use "lie" etc. But I also don't believe in bullying. Saying "will you please stop?" in a "we don't need you around here" way seems parental and a put down to me regardless of whether it's deserved or not.
doktrin 15y ago
The burden of proof is on the accuser. In this case, that would be you. I enjoy HN for the evidence-based approach that most posters take. Claiming someone is guilty by association or virtue of their profession is bad form.

[citation needed]

for starters, in the comment section of the original post and besides, the onus of citation should be on you with your crazy broad assumption that Fred has placed 'immense pressure' on startups to generate patents.

CPlatypus 15y ago
I just looked at all of Fred's comments on that thread, and saw no such thing. Please don't lie just because you find the truth about startups and patents inconvenient.
- nikcub 15y ago
  you mustn't have looked hard. Fred is very well known for his views on patents. from that thread: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#comment-464155642 http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#... http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#comment-464155632 http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html#... more importantly, where is there even a single citation of Fred placing immense pressure on even a single startup to generate a patent? You should retract your comment, since you made it all up.
- pg 15y ago
  Please don't lie just because you find the truth about startups and patents inconvenient. Will you please stop? The fact that you're having to hop all over this thread defending yourself should make you reconsider what you said, not start calling third parties liars for contradicting you.
  - larrys 15y ago
    He may be wrong and he may want to consider his views based on what others are saying. He may also be annoying you and others. But the fact that he has to "hop all over this thread defending" does not mean he is wrong in what he is saying. Edit: It just means the group here does not agree with what he is saying. The group has disagreed with what I have said in the past as well. I appreciate hearing his views although he uses language that I wouldn't use "lie" etc. But I also don't believe in bullying. Saying "will you please stop?" in a "we don't need you around here" way seems parental and a put down to me regardless of whether it's deserved or not.

doktrin 15y ago

The burden of proof is on the accuser. In this case, that would be you. I enjoy HN for the evidence-based approach that most posters take. Claiming someone is guilty by association or virtue of their profession is bad form.