Comment Re:Absolutely right (Score 1) 274
Sorry Sir I respectfully disagree.
Let's assume for the sake of argument, that patents are not always evil.
The areas where patents do the least amount of harm have some things in common:
1) Already have big capital requirements i.e. cost of a patent is low compared to cost of a factory.
2) Products contain few patents.
3) Relatively few competitors (natural consequence of 1.)
Software on the other hand:
1) Low capital requirements i.e. you only need a computer.
2) Products contain possibly 100's of patents.
3) Anyone who records a macro in a word processor or enters a formula in a spreadsheet is potentially liable.
It's depressing that we have to endure the same ignorant drivel that were thoroughly debunked almost a decade ago when we convinced European parliament to reject the CII-directive.