Ken Arromdee said on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:20:27PM -0800,: > > > > by which you could create it. I find it highly unlikely that patent > > > > lawyers cost appreciably more than software developers)
(snip) > But that's not cheap. Going to law school costs a lot of money. Becoming a > software developer only requires buying a computer, which costs a lot less. There is at least one case of somebody from IBM going on to be a patent attorney. See:- http://www.fenwick.com/attorneys/4.2.2.asp?aid=435 Googling consequent to the discovery that the link mentioned in the Halloween IX docs on SCO revealed the above link. (see the comments about para 111, the part about IBM not releasing code without an IP audit.) -- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Mahesh T. Pai, LL.M., 'NANDINI', S. R. M. Road, Ernakulam, Cochin-682018, Kerala, India. http://in.geocities.com/paivakil +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
