Patent minefield

In case anyone doubts that IBM's patent arsenal[1] is intended for
non-peaceful purposes, here again is the well-known story about Sun's
visitation from the men in blue suits:

http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html

And apparently they add another 20 patents per day[2]. That means that
every day IBM invent another 20 ways they can use to attack developers
who have the temerity to stray into what IBM regard as their
exclusive domain. Another 20 ways to restrict the freedom of
programmers like you and me by staking their exclusive claims on who
can develop what.

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Regards,
Roger Bowler
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rbowler
Hercules "the people's mainframe"

[1] http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/
[2] http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-it-comes-to-patents-ibm-stands-for.html