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'''Dan Bricklin''' is a software developer and company owner.{{ref}} | '''Dan Bricklin''' is a software developer and company owner.{{ref}} | ||
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| + | :"''I'm not against patents in general (they are good for some industries, I guess), but I do have real problems with how they are affecting the software industry which has other means of protection and incentive that have proven successful to society. Of course, as I've written, they are the current law of the land and I still apply for them at times.''" | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 06:41, 4 May 2011
Dan Bricklin is a software developer and company owner.[reference needed]
A quote
- "I'm not against patents in general (they are good for some industries, I guess), but I do have real problems with how they are affecting the software industry which has other means of protection and incentive that have proven successful to society. Of course, as I've written, they are the current law of the land and I still apply for them at times."
External links
- Patenting VisiCalc - why the inventor of the spreadsheet didn't patent his invention and doesn't regret it
- Some 2005 notes and links about swpats
- Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents, July 31st 2005 - article for which Bricklin helped compile the data about Microsoft's lack of patents during their financial growth
- http://www.bricklin.com/ - his homepage
- Wikipedia: Dan Bricklin
