Red Hat watched its stock tumble 6.4% on Thursday as Wall Street digested the open-source software firm's latest results and details on the drag its recent JBoss acquisition will have on its profit this year.
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Member since:2005-10-02
Ah... Now the truth starts to come out. It's a "I hate the USA because I am jealous that they spend more money on R&D than any other country in the world, and thus reap more rewards from it". issue.
Basically, just more America bashing and America hating.
I'm the last european to hate USA (USA isn't the entire America btw). However, I prefer competion and freedom over monopolies, and lack of competition and freedom. USA has some internal problems and calling critical voices for communist and stuff like that isn't going to solve the problems.
I am aware that many europeans have a lot against USA. I don't share their sentiments, but I must admit that USA is slightly offensive against it's allies from time to time. You wouldn't believe how often I've been bashed because I've defended the actions of USA.
You can find many US-citizens fighting against software patents. Are they communistic non-patriots? You sound like you think that. Could it be that persons can be fine with USA and it's citizens, while having second thoughts about the laws of USA?
So the acticvity where 80% of the time and money is spent is what you are telling people they cannot protect. And that is what is unacceptable.
It's a result of their own actions. It doesn't have to be that way. It's their actions and they have to suffer the consequences of their own actions. They must adapt to the situation or vanish. That's the spirit of the free market. I won't leave democracy behind just to give you the right to oppress me.
Member since:2006-02-15
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2005-10-02
No, they are not a necessary evil.
Just because USA is getting more and more corrupted with each passing day doesn't mean the rest of us have to be corrupted as well.
If you don't want to "spend millions of dollars on R&D to develop something" alone on a hidden project, then don't hide the project, and develop the project with somebody else.
It'll lower your cost, increase your competition level, and lead to faster development cycles.
Patents are monopoly on ideas, which is unacceptable, since these ideas are not unique in any way.
Patents are expensive which means that few companies apart from large US-companies can afford them, giving them supreme control over the rest of us.
Thank you, but no. Never.