Cassey Durfee said:
>Considering Amazon, Google (Froogle), CNet, Ebay and just about every other major commerce
>site uses facets these days and the idea is as old as Ranganathan, in my mind it's pretty clearly not
>about protecting any sort of trade secret or technological breakthrough but being able to quash
>competition. Your patents don't have to be enforceable to be used as a tool against competitors.
>I'd like to see them try and go after the Apache Foundation, though...
>
>Any library interested in purchasing Endeca's product should give some serious thought as to
>whether that company's business model is compatible with the values that libraries and librarians
>hold dear. To quote one of the pre-eminent philosophers of our time, "There's no justice; there's
>just us".
>
>
>--Casey
At some level, I share the anger that you express. But from what you write, I still haven't learned anything about where to direct that anger.
We all try to do constructive work. What do you think reasonable peopl should do about patents that are not enforceable?
Nancy Cochran
nancy.cochran_at_earthlink.net
Received on Wed Jan 31 2007 - 15:22:04 EST