> No one has a right to sit back and say "that's our territory for the next 25
> years, you're not allowed in". If ideas could be protected like that,
> Microsoft and Amazon would not exist, and Seattle would be a poorer place.
Very well stated and very good point. Please keep in mind that I
agree that in almost every case software patents are bogus. Just not
in every case.
On 6/6/05, Michael Kay <> wrote:
> If other companies can come along and take from MS
> > or Amazon an idea for a software product or feature on their online
> > stores this directly effects the Seattle economy
>
> Microsoft built its business by doing things that other people had done
> before, and in many cases doing it better. The same is true of Amazon.
>
> Our whole industry thrives on people taking existing ideas and improving
> them.
>
> No one has a right to sit back and say "that's our territory for the next 25
> years, you're not allowed in". If ideas could be protected like that,
> Microsoft and Amazon would not exist, and Seattle would be a poorer place.
>
> Michael Kay
>
>
>
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