According to Jan Wildeboer, Dr. Kurt Blind from Fraunhofer says that a software patent "reduces transaction costs".
Wildeboer asks: "In what galaxy does he live?"
This pattern of patent maximisation over at Fraunhofer is at least a consistent one. Fraunhofer is a true proponent of monopolies.
Interestingly enough, the following new interview with Van Quickenborne reveals that they (Belgian government) plan to enable software patents through the back door. "Comment of Hartmut Pilch on the EU Patent video removed by Euractiv," says the Belgian president of the FFII, which was founded by Pilch himself. Are dissenting views about this video being suppressed by deletion? Apparently so. Here is another new video of Van Quickenborne, who talks about the same subject.
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At a later stage, the president of the FFII pointed out that according to Horns, "Mr Marco Schulze of BIKT had argued that patent law obstructs proper use of copyright." These are some serious misconceptions that even Horns is opposing in his blog. Horns is not a hardliner.
Politicians ought to be educated about the technical matters involved. A lot of them remain gullible enough to rush through anything that lawyers and monopolies they work for are proposing. "Very soon, the progress bar will finally be legal to use in software in the EU," wrote Rui Seabra. The patent is due to expire on October 24th. Why was it patented in the first place? It's just a digital metaphor for something like an hourglass. And why was in patented in Europe, which claims to be against software patents? ⬆
They would delay until March or April if they wanted to, but then we can expect numbers exceeding 10,000 layoffs (Microsoft always low-balls the real figure/s)
The gaming division at Microsoft is a complete catastrophe, lots of money (debt) down the drain [...] Buying Activision was all about misleading shareholders or hiding the deep trouble/problems XBox was having
Recognise that slop isn't intelligence; it's a generational excuse for plagiarism and privatisation of not only the Commons but also proprietary knowledge (without authorisation)
The apologists of social control media, including press that got "addicted" to such fake "media", are helping dictators and oligarchs grab the public attention away from the real press
When you hire people illegally, to work for cocaine users and keep quite about the cocaine use, what will be the impact on the reputation of an institution?
