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Posted by: Marek Baczynski (Monday 7 March 2005, 2:35 PM)

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Money beats democracy, hands down. Sad.

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Story: Software patent directive adopted

  1. I do hope this is an error, and wishful thinking f... Patrick Sinz
  2. Any hope we might have had for tech innovatio... NJ
  3. This is ill news indeed... And to think I adm... Pablo Santos
  4. Watch yourself Microsoft! You have just unleashed... ricardo
  5. With one hand they fine Microsoft 0.5 billion poun... Steve J
  6. I have just listend to the Danish "Økonomimin... Michael Reib
  7. A mistake? Not just developers, any computer-usin... Olav Petri
  8. Completly shamefull, an open attack on democracy.... Ricardo Botelho de Sousa
  9. Not just the fury of opensource, the fury of the f... Anonymous
  10. sad day. need a demonstration, our contempt and be... Anonymous
  11. OSS development is now going to be spearheaded in... Bill Franklin
  12. €C=U$A=$hit => Software patents will be adopted Anonymous
  13. Software patents are long overdue. The reason the... Martin Ryan
  14. Software development is an iterative process... Anonymous
  15. Mr. Ryan. By the same logic; creating a book... Gerard ter Beke
  16. ... but their work is fully protected by the... Geert Bevin
  17. The sheer ignorance of using US patent protec... Marcus Widerberg
  18. Mr Ryan...Its the fact that this ruling allow... Yeah
  19. Any proponent of software patenting under the... Jezter~
  20. I hope this isn't adopted, because this... Jamie
  21. Outrage!! Mr Martin Ryan, before claiming the... CD
  22. Let's not get overexcited - all this means is that... James Cross
  23. We all know that big business and government are r... Anonymous
  24. This is a disaster. Not only software patents... Ernesto Alvarez
  25. Money beats democracy, hands down. Sad. Marek Baczynski
  26. I think I'll quit. Maybe I'll retrain as lumberjac... Anonymous
  27. Can anybody explain to me how it is possible that,... ignace saenen
  28. Ah yes, I can see it now...coding innovation going... Anonymous
  29. Mr Ryan - You are a marketing director. How long i... Anonymous
  30. Very good decision.This will help the genuine... Anonymous
  31. To clueless Anonymous Programmer. This w... Arthur B.
  32. Mr Anonymous Programmer: "unabashed plag... Chris Rankin
  33. I have to say that I really wonder... Anonymous
  34. Marketing directors live off the grabbing of ideas... Anonymous
  35. Isn't it that the EU commission has chosen Mi... Gaia
  36. Large organisations usually end up losing their cu... A Harding
  37. I'm dismayed at the cretinous behaviour of th... Anonymous
  38. What the hell are they thinkng? Anonymous
  39. I really, really wonder how can someone be so... The Mitch
  40. Bad things happen when good people do nothing... Anonymous
  41. When something so obviously undemocratic and corru... Mark
  42. English? Then write to your MEP(s) at writetothem.... Rob
  43. Why not music patents? Stop the music. I've just p... Arthur B.
  44. This is sad and bet you money that big software co... Josh
  45. Until yesterday I was inclined to vote in favour... Jan Mulder
  46. Hey.. at least you'll get a chance to vote on... Z

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