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Story: EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive

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Posted by: Magnus Grander (Wednesday 22 June 2005, 5:13 AM)

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Congratulations.

In two weeks your choises will vanish. In a year you will only have one choice 'Microsoft'. One office ' MS office' and so on.

Me and i know pleny of others whill shut down there business all because software patents. 100 000 jobs is affected direct.

Strange i did think that EU's point was to increase the market value for us small companys and add value to the people. Well i guess EU have played out its role. It's time to shut it down.

Some recent researched did find that in germany was 80% against software patents. In Sweden ~60%. And so does it look all over Europe. We don't want software patents. It destroys our business.

So if it goes through anyway well then we are in deep trouble. We have then get our own dictature state ala chna. A place where what we think and beliive don't matter.

I say only one thing. It's closing time.

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