New business model: Reverse Patent Trolling
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| Want an eight-figure check in time for Christmas shopping? Sure you
| do. Microsoft's vague patent threats against Linux create an
| opportunity to do a nifty variation on the patent trolling business model.
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| Naturally, Microsoft, in order to win, needs to keep the actual
| list of patents secret.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/605
A troll's take:
Is software a form of applied mathematics?
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| So, bottom line: is software mathematical? Yes on the science based side,
| No on the data processing side.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=882
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