All of us who work are whores to commercial interests and the companies really don’t give a damn about an individual and neither do goverments – in fact most people don’t give a damn about other members of their community because their nose is too big, the color of their skin or their preferences.

Do we not support exploitation every single day by buying products, by trying to keep ahead in the rat race etc.

It’s all crap but until something better comes along like the whole human race matures (or the world ends first which is more likely) then we are stuck with exploitation of all kinds.

If Microsoft has already patented software and if that is innovative then they do deserve to hold that patent. Sorry but their desktop is much easier to use for more people than open source.

This should not be a black and white issue.

Incidently whilst the hate M$ posse is out and venting, perhaps they should also stop buying Phillips, Siemons, Nokia and all the other companies that have done exactly the same threats and suggested moving base of operations to Asia if this law is not passed. Are you really going to stop buying all commercial companies products if you follow this through

Protection should be given to innovation but balance is required to ensure it does not stifle open source or smaller developers. The hate M$ crew or M$ and other commercial companies are two extremes where what is required is some common sense.

The Patent system will only stop small companies from making any
products, out of fear of infringing on NON OBVIOUS patents.

I just love it, the US has the most corrupt implementation of Patenting and Copyright laws on earth,
and instead of fixing them, (because government and large corporations are getting richer and richer from it)
they are ramming it down every other country’s throat, and threatening those that refuse with sanctions,
or trade barriers, or even disrupting their economies if they don’t follow suit.

The ONLY people that agree with software patents are the US government, large US companies, and
anyone that large US corporations have managed to persuade (financially bought or extorted) to agree with it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/ms_xbox_recall/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4274035.stm

Do this as hits Gates where it hurts. On market share, Gates is well know for his ego.

I bet Europe will be lot hard upon M$ at there next review of the business prataces.

Gates now who is the buily now!

Do this as hits Gates where it hurts. On market share, Gates is well know for his ego.

I bet Europe will be lot hard upon M$ at there next review of the business prataces.

Gates now who is the buily now!

In political economy, economics, and sociology, exploitation usually does not include simple theft, since the latter is not a persistent economic or social relationship, as when a pimp “exploits” his prostitute. Rather, exploitation involves some persistent aspect of the socioeconomic system, an institution. This corresponds to one ethical conception of exploitation, that is, the treatment of human beings as mere means to an end — or as mere “objects”. In different terms, “exploitation” refers to the use of people as a resource, with little or no consideration of their well-being.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation

It this clear and explicit enough?

According to wikipidia…

Blackmail is threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a monetary demand or “favor” is met. This information is usually of an embarrassing or damaging nature. As the information is substantially true, revealing the information is not criminal, the crime is demanding money to withhold it. In other instances, the blackmail may be threatening or damaging to one’s reputation even without evidence; so as long as, the act of blackmail produce the desired result.

All Bill said was “Without these tools we cannot do business here.” The fact that they have the option to business elsewhere gives them the options.

Businesses all over the world play the “we will be forced to take our business elsewhere” card all the time during negotations.

Jorgie

As such I have now decied to put links on NoSoftwarePatents.com on my o/s software.

Before this I did like the idea of software patents but agreed with the idea. Now I am totaly agenst the idea of software patents.

Denmark, just ignor them… there are a lot better ways to deal with those bastards than to give into them…

This should follow shortly in the US.. I think the re-election of the bush administration has pushed it off 4 years.