On a small scale or when trying to stifle competition, patents make a lot of sense. Howver, in the big picture, I believe patents simply stifle development. Imagine if Henry Ford patented the car, and continued to patent each improvement, imagine in the wright brothers patented the plane, imagine if bell patented the light bulb or benjamin Frankline patented elecricity generation and the list goes on and on(may I say to patents like unga making and chai making technologies). Do you think the world would be where it is now?<br>
<br>Right now everybody just wants to make money and from all the selfishness around, it makes sense to patent something for a short while, however, long term or total patenting just doesn&#39;t convince. It echoes exactly what this society is becoming:selfish   <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Dennis Kioko <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Again, Apple just patented an OS That forces a user to watch adverts.<br>
I have no problem with that, but we seem to be in a race to patent<br>
anything doable in IT. I thought patents were about intentions.  What<br>
next? A patent for a program that makes a sound when an OS boots?<br>
p.s. Why hasn&#39;t Microsoft patented the BSOD?<br>
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