Comments on: Microsoft and Novell: Understanding the IP Implications http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: o2se3tak http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-35772 o2se3tak Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:13:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-35772 <p>Shouldn't we abandon SUSE?</p> <p>After the recent fiasco generated by Novell getting into an agreement with Microsoft and the whole Open Source Community planning to fight Novell both in and outside the court, will it be sensible to shift over to another Linux distribution? There are other distributions that are as good or better that SUSE so which will be best one to migrate to?</p> Shouldn’t we abandon SUSE?

After the recent fiasco generated by Novell getting into an agreement with Microsoft and the whole Open Source Community planning to fight Novell both in and outside the court, will it be sensible to shift over to another Linux distribution? There are other distributions that are as good or better that SUSE so which will be best one to migrate to?

]]> By: o2se3tak http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-48987 o2se3tak Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:13:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-48987 <p>Shouldn't we abandon SUSE?<br><br>After the recent fiasco generated by Novell getting into an agreement with Microsoft and the whole Open Source Community planning to fight Novell both in and outside the court, will it be sensible to shift over to another Linux distribution? There are other distributions that are as good or better that SUSE so which will be best one to migrate to?</p> Shouldn’t we abandon SUSE?

After the recent fiasco generated by Novell getting into an agreement with Microsoft and the whole Open Source Community planning to fight Novell both in and outside the court, will it be sensible to shift over to another Linux distribution? There are other distributions that are as good or better that SUSE so which will be best one to migrate to?

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-35771 Noel Le Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:38:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-35771 <p>Hmm, not to nit-pick, but innovation also entails the finished product, not just the process of commercialization. For reference in defining innovation look up this article by Profs Josh Lerner and Marco Iansiti- I think it was released by either Harvard Business Review or AEI-Brookings.</p> Hmm, not to nit-pick, but innovation also entails the finished product, not just the process of commercialization. For reference in defining innovation look up this article by Profs Josh Lerner and Marco Iansiti- I think it was released by either Harvard Business Review or AEI-Brookings.

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-48986 Noel Le Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:38:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-48986 <p>Hmm, not to nit-pick, but innovation also entails the finished product, not just the process of commercialization. For reference in defining innovation look up this article by Profs Josh Lerner and Marco Iansiti- I think it was released by either Harvard Business Review or AEI-Brookings.</p> Hmm, not to nit-pick, but innovation also entails the finished product, not just the process of commercialization. For reference in defining innovation look up this article by Profs Josh Lerner and Marco Iansiti- I think it was released by either Harvard Business Review or AEI-Brookings.

]]> By: Braden http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-35770 Braden Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:22:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-35770 <p>I agree that the route to innovation is by bringing products to market, not just by obtaining a patent. Patents are ideas, and innovation (while hard to specifically define) is more of the process of bringing that idea to market. You can certainly have one without the other, though through the property protections of patents people will often have more incentives to be innovative.</p> I agree that the route to innovation is by bringing products to market, not just by obtaining a patent. Patents are ideas, and innovation (while hard to specifically define) is more of the process of bringing that idea to market. You can certainly have one without the other, though through the property protections of patents people will often have more incentives to be innovative.

]]> By: Braden http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-48985 Braden Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:22:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-48985 <p>I agree that the route to innovation is by bringing products to market, not just by obtaining a patent. Patents are ideas, and innovation (while hard to specifically define) is more of the process of bringing that idea to market. You can certainly have one without the other, though through the property protections of patents people will often have more incentives to be innovative.</p> I agree that the route to innovation is by bringing products to market, not just by obtaining a patent. Patents are ideas, and innovation (while hard to specifically define) is more of the process of bringing that idea to market. You can certainly have one without the other, though through the property protections of patents people will often have more incentives to be innovative.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-35769 enigma_foundry Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:21 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-35769 <p>I think you are right about this being a trend. Companies really do wqnt to innovate, and the way the patent system has worked, it has held back innovation.</p> <p>It has become clear, with the rise of FOSS--and the lack of a clear entity to sue, as well as the fallout from becoming a pariah if you try to sue the world, as SCO has tried--that the route to innovate is through making products and evolve them, not patent something and try to sit on it..</p> I think you are right about this being a trend. Companies really do wqnt to innovate, and the way the patent system has worked, it has held back innovation.

It has become clear, with the rise of FOSS–and the lack of a clear entity to sue, as well as the fallout from becoming a pariah if you try to sue the world, as SCO has tried–that the route to innovate is through making products and evolve them, not patent something and try to sit on it..

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-48984 eee_eff Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:21 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-novell-understanding-the-ip-implications/#comment-48984 <p>I think you are right about this being a trend. Companies really do wqnt to innovate, and the way the patent system has worked, it has held back innovation.<br><br>It has become clear, with the rise of FOSS--and the lack of a clear entity to sue, as well as the fallout from becoming a pariah if you try to sue the world, as SCO has tried--that the route to innovate is through making products and evolve them, not patent something and try to sit on it..</p> I think you are right about this being a trend. Companies really do wqnt to innovate, and the way the patent system has worked, it has held back innovation.

It has become clear, with the rise of FOSS–and the lack of a clear entity to sue, as well as the fallout from becoming a pariah if you try to sue the world, as SCO has tried–that the route to innovate is through making products and evolve them, not patent something and try to sit on it..

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