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I didn't grow up with Thanksgiving as a meaningful tradition, although we did celebrate it with a sort of awkward foreign effort, during the years in which we lived in the United States. However, I do like the idea of a day for celebrating abundance, given that we spend much of our lives organizing around scarcity. Of course, I see abundance as being based on what you can give away, whereas many act as though it's based on what you keep for yourself. All of this is just a preamble to Pieter Hintjens' article: What's Wrong with Software Patents? Patents are a tool for creating some artificial short term scarcity in order to promote long term abundance, but modern patents have lost that balance and in any case, are utterly misapplied when it comes to software. Have you checked to see if your vendors are giving thanks today for their right to own your business processes through patents?
Posted: 11/23/06; 5:57:03 PM # |
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