> The same thing I'd do if I was a struggling college student who is
> developing an OS that has a chance to be in demand: release it as free
> software, and if it's as great as I think it is, I'll have no trouble
> getting a high paying job doing what I want to (at a secretive chip
> startup, perhaps?). Personally, I don't know any college students with
> the money to get a patent anyway.
(took the ghettobox down for an upgrade so he won't see this except
through me)
There are federal grants to cover the cost of patents, and they aren't
*that* expensive. He's looked into the patent idea and consulted with a
couple of people in the college of business.
It's an original idea, not an "open" repetition of something that he
learned in class.
Also, school in Finland (where the lucrative OS in question began) is
free, so the allegory doesn't *quite* fit the situation :o)
-nicole
(most of the information is courtesy the original poster, however, as he
is about a foot away)
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