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Jeff, The last I heard, IBM files more patents each year then just about any other company on earth. The purpose of a patent is to announce your idea -and- protect it from anyone else using it. The life of a patent is much longer than the life of a computer. Sure, let's just jump on the band wagon to capitalize on a 17 year old technology ;-) jeff_carey@baxter.com wrote: > > Actually, much of IBM's innovation is probably not patented - if you > patent something, you have to publish full details of it's workings. > What's more, after the patent expires anyone can make it. This is the > reason you'll never find a patent for the formula for Coca-cola, for > example. And yes, if you could figure out the recipe, you could legally > make your own version of Coca-cola (of course you couldn't call it that!) > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com
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