Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,
    You have mistakenly combined two different threads. Nobody was
contesting IBM's number of patents or their status as a filer.

Bale, Dan wrote:

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>Good grief, enough of the pissing wars already!
>
>FWIW, one or more of the AS/400 trade rag email newsletters reports this
>every year.  IBM has received more patents than any other entity.
>

>
>Can we please end this particular "patent" thread?  Please.
>
>Dan Bale
>IT - AS/400
>Handleman Company
>248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
>D.Bale@Handleman.com
>  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
>

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