[Ecommerce] Torvalds Joins Anti-Patent Attack

[Jeff Williams]

All,

 See:  http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3059

Linus Torvalds has joined the chorus of voices speaking out against
software
patents. Talks briefly about the recent patent releases by IBM & Sun,
and
notes that there are 'an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 registered
software
patents in the U.S. alone.'

Regards,

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