Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

Nope...just trying to help clarify.... Just as a side note to this
discussion. I have a friend who holds a few patents and I believe
his last one cost just over $300,000 to get. IBM does patent "ideas"
but most patents are mostly engineering "ideas" to begin with and may
or may not produce a "end product". IBM makes a giant amount of money
doing cross agreements with other companies around the world using
"their" patents......(Their R&D expeditures are very large)



Chris Rehm wrote:
>
> Pat,
>     By paraphrasing my post with your reply you made it seem like I was
> questioning whether or not IBM was the leader in patent filings. I was
> not. I don't know if this was just an accident or if you might have
> misunderstood my post.