Re:Time for patent reform? (Score 1)

I think it's says something when every article I read here that so much as even _mentions_ the word or concept of patent, there's always and handful different people calling for a patent reform. I'm still not a 100% clear on who exactly we're appealing to for this divine service, but if, as stated in other comments, lawyers are the ones who make and benefit from the patent laws, then I don't see much hope for any kind of reform. No offense or anything, but I don't know tht I am particularly fond of the idea of a bunch of old guys in Washington that may or may not know squat about computers/technology rewriting the patent laws pertaining to the subject. I don't want to wake up tomorrow and have to purchase a license for the while() loop. And maybe that would be a bit drastic. My point still stands however, that if everyone's gonna demand reform, it needs to be very closely supervised.