IBM doesn't patent things to "sit on them". They rake in billions of dollars a year trolling^H^H^H^H licensing their portfolio.

The social safety net is socialism! Taxing the rich fairly is class warfare! It is patriotic to advocate for the destruction of the US government! Oh yeah, and war is peace!

How dare you bring "facts" to yet another slashdot anti-enviromental hit job?

Google could *easily* address these types of concerns by turning Android into a true open source platform. Open up the development and release process to the community, rather than simply throwing months-old code drops over the wall.

Apple did it first.

Schweaty balls of Mars.

Out of curiosity, how many thousand-desktop IT systems do you run?

Then why did they just spend so much money (potentially billions of dollars) purchasing these patents?

Taint all that good.

Yeah, just look at how big a failure the Wii was.

Pretty much all scrutiny (and all anti-trust inquiries) of Microsoft was dropped when George W. Bush took office.

Yup, if they had opened it up immediately and there were any bugs, these same folks would be here bitching and moaning that they should have tested it first.

Would you buy a bicycle to commute? Many people would not, and yet millions of other people do. Just because *you* have some specific issues with this car doesn't mean there isn't a market for it. Slashdotters, in their rush to denounce everything that is new and different (cough ipod cough), seem to forget that a lot.

If they price it right (ie: much cheaper than a leaf) then I'd consider it. My commute in the morning is 10 miles each way, plus add 10 miles for a trip to the grocery store and this car can take care of 90% of my driving needs. I already own a mini-van with a trailer hitch so I am covered for long trips or for towing or carrying stuff.

Don't even get me started on the space program. What a waste of taxpayer dollars! In less than 50 years after we wasted billions to put a man on the moon, the much superior PRIVATE sector has already put a person into low earth orbit and promised us a rocket that will be delivered any day now that will be better than the ones we built in the 60's! And people wonder why everyone thinks the government is so inefficient and useless.