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Subject: Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)
From: Carel Teijgeler <COTeijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:46:39 +0200
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At 19:12 21-8-01, you wrote:

> > 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.
>
>most patents are filed to prevent anybody from using the idea, even
>if you yourself have no intentions of using it. Just to kill innovation that
>might be a future threat to you.

In that case MicroSoft should file a patent on Open Source immediately.

Carel Teijgeler

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