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by alanX 15y ago
In my own experience, deploying applications on traditional relational databases is a pain. Most of the applications I have worked on were applications for State government. The applications get heavily tied to the database, requiring the
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by alanX 15y ago
Prior art has very little to do with denying patents in the U.S.
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by alanX 15y ago
Right. Because the patent office would never allow a patent on toast. Patent number: 6080436 Filing date: Jun 14, 1999 Issue date: Jun 27, 2000 What is claimed is: 1. A method of refreshing bread products, comprising: a) placing a bread pr
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by alanX 15y ago
I don't know. I think everyone has to figure out how to make a buck in this world, and inventors that don't produce any products anyone wants should be (in a fair world) out of luck. Ethically, I think you have to do more than just file pa
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by alanX 15y ago
Anyone that wants to actually ship a product is aided by removing the fear of patent lawsuits. If someone wants to sit around and think up ideas, and earn license money from those ideas, well then they need patents. Producing products is
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by alanX 15y ago
there are... dozens? Are you seriously defending the billions that the patent system costs our economic system with the idea that it protects "dozens" of individuals and small businesses? Seriously, if you stack up the number of patent laws
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by alanX 15y ago
For me: 1) computer equipment pretty inexpensive (the more costly stuff is at the end of its life cycle anyway). 2) Important Data is backed up to the cloud 3) I am completely innocent of any Child Porn issues, and only minor issues with co