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They're all protected by patents. All of them. I can pretty much guarantee you that any of IBM, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Intellectual Ventures, and many other

by njl 14y ago

They're all protected by patents. All of them. I can pretty much guarantee you that any of IBM, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Intellectual Ventures, and many others have sufficient patent coverage to be able to sue you for anything you could possibly build that involves software in any way. [edited to scope it to software]

dfc 14y ago
You do realize that the world is bigger than just software development?
- sirtaptap 14y ago
  Well, this is a site for developers. It's reasonable to assume one's talking about "building" software or something tech related.
- nitrogen 14y ago
  You do realize that software development permeates everything in the world?
dumb_dumb 14y ago
Doesn't mean they're going to win.
- nitrogen 14y ago
  Lawsuits aren't always about winning. Sometimes they're about bullying and showing dominance. Sometimes they're about stalling a competing product while you finish your own. In the case of a big company or troll going after a small company, drawn out legal battles are used to bleed the company dry until they settle or go bankrupt.