RE: [xml-dev] 2002 as the year of XML (meltdown due to patents)

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Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
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Joshua Allen <>, Dave Winer <>,
Date
2002-01-07T20:55:23Z
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RE: [xml-dev] 2002 as the year of XML (meltdown due to patents)
Sounds like a SmartPatentSearch application.  Look at 
it this way, if it is really smart, you can patent it 
and be confident everyone needs it.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Allen [mailto:]


> Now I not only have to grok the lunacy of other developers, I have to
> predict what lawyers will do, and then judges and juries. Put another
way,
> if you knew a young person today who wanted to study computer science,
> would you advise them to also get a law degree so they can actually 

I don't know that the law degree would help, though, so I wouldn't be
able to recommend that.  Youngsters should be advised to keep their
passports and visas fresh :-)