Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 15th May 2004 08:23 UTC
It is when I read articles like this that I have "my blood all going up to my head" (that's a Greek saying for people that get angry). So apparently, Apple is trying to patent "transparent windows that do a certain action after fading away". While I don't personally find this "innovation/invention" patentable, it's fine with me: Apple is doing the best it can to secure its business (maybe I would do the same if I had shareholders on my back).
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Thanks for somebody actuall putting this statement into article form.
The thing is what somebody might consider innovative, others might not. Personally I don't think using two wireless signals to transfer incomming and outgoing data over a cordless phone is very innovative, but when the person got the patent back in the 80's, it was a new concept.
So people really have to stop thinking about patents as innovations, patents are there to capture ideas in an offical form, nothing more nothing less.
I personally think it has to do with Jealosy, because since Linux is not under any official company and much of the work gets done is done for free, so they cannot usually pay 2000 dollars for a pattent. If patents were free and there had to be no money paid for registration or research, I garontee that every little operation would be patteneted in Linux.
Get off your high horse and realize that filing for a patent isn't an evil thing, and most patents don't even get enforced. How long did that guy have the patent for pluggable browser componets, and never used it? Most patents only decide to get enforced at the end of their life cycle, if they ever do get enforced.