I am creating the successor of spreadsheets. Its a file system that can calculate. Hard to explain but its much more powerful than conventional spreadsheets.
If it was not for patents I would have made no effort to build this product, since there simply is no outcome where I could win.
If software should not be patentable, then neighter should genetic DNA sequences. DNA is in essence binary code; A,T,C,G with A always connected to T and C always connected to G leaves 2 possibilies chained in sequence... looks like binary code to me (DNA => 001001001 :). Further the cell is a machine dynamically configurable to execute this code. So DNA is an idea... but frankly everything is an idea in my opinion. Somewhere, somehow, someone drew the conclusion that thinking does not require resources while building does.
So for the entertaining side note... The real problem is that as a small it developer it is very hard to compete against big companies. Patents help because it prevents big companies from just taking the good ideas on the market and copying them.
Kind Regards,
Nick
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Re: Patents are needed!
Oeps, here is the site: http://www.solebase.com
Patents are needed!
I am creating the successor of spreadsheets. Its a file system that can calculate. Hard to explain but its much more powerful than conventional spreadsheets.
If it was not for patents I would have made no effort to build this product, since there simply is no outcome where I could win.
If software should not be patentable, then neighter should genetic DNA sequences. DNA is in essence binary code; A,T,C,G with A always connected to T and C always connected to G leaves 2 possibilies chained in sequence... looks like binary code to me (DNA => 001001001 :). Further the cell is a machine dynamically configurable to execute this code. So DNA is an idea... but frankly everything is an idea in my opinion. Somewhere, somehow, someone drew the conclusion that thinking does not require resources while building does.
So for the entertaining side note... The real problem is that as a small it developer it is very hard to compete against big companies. Patents help because it prevents big companies from just taking the good ideas on the market and copying them.
Kind Regards,
Nick