RE: You have rights.. Software Patents are I llegal

>Yes I know that when I write code I can make mistakes 
>(e.g. a syntax error) but it doesn't mean I don't know 
>what the instruction is going to do when stated correctly.

A program is more than just a sequence of deterministic statements. It is
the result of design and testing, in the same way that a car is. The
internals of a computer follow laws, they just aren't the laws of physics,
that's all. A computer program is a virtual machine in a virtual
environment, and those environments are becoming more sophisticated all the
time, as are the machines that work within them.

If a new vehicle streamlining formula is invented by testing different
shapes inside a simulated wind tunnel, is that patentable? In theory the
whole test could have been done with pen and paper and no experimentation at
all. Simulated testing, if it works, is as valid as real-world testing.

Phil Hibbs
Capgemini
Aston
0870 238 8892
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