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On Nov 12, 2012 3:58 PM, "Jed Brown" <<a href="mailto:jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov">jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <<a href="mailto:dalcinl@gmail.com">dalcinl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 9 November 2012 23:30, Jed Brown <<a href="mailto:jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov">jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> > I don't know why they don't use the PMPI interface to avoid the renaming<br>
>> > insanity.<br>
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>> <a href="http://www.google.com/patents/US20090055836">http://www.google.com/patents/US20090055836</a><br>
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> Typical Texan Troll.<br>
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>> (I'm hoping this triggers a rant on software patents!)<br>
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> The patent system is like the plot device in Hunger Games where malicious external attacks are used to increase viewership by preventing success of the competent, except that in this case, it's to siphon money away from innovators and producers into the pockets of lawyers and trolls</p>
<p dir="ltr">In which Jed sounds wistfully like Ayn Rand.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> Matt</p>