Bad timing
I wonder if Jonathan Schwartz knew how ironic these comments would look after the Kodak verdict came in:
I believe in intellectual property. In my view, it's the foundation of world economies, and certainly the foundation upon which Sun Microsystems was built. Copyright, trademark, patent - I believe in them all. I also believe in innovation and competition - and that these beliefs are not mutually exclusive.
As I said here, I think this was a really, really bad decision...
Comments
Read the blog
[] October 7, 2004 1:24:11.920
You should read the entirety of his blog - he cites specifically that Sun builds a defensive patent portfolio, not a litigation portfolio like IBM and Kodak. It's entirely consistent with what happened in Rochester - it's an example of the very reason they have patents.
defensive portfolio
[bryan] October 7, 2004 3:56:44.426
the existence of defensive portfolios are the proof that the system is not working as intended. In any theoretical works on the origins and worth of patents there is no mention of defensive portfolios, what Schwartz essentially says is: We are tied to a broken system; because the system is broken it does not function in an orderly manner but has become anarchic. We must protect ourselves, by building up a large cache of weapons, because we cannot rely on the orderly working of the system to protect us.
Bad timing
[ James Robertson] October 7, 2004 7:38:37.412
Comment by James Robertson
Bryan,
You may wish that Schwartz said that, but he didn't. It reads "I love copyright, trademarks, and patents, really I do".
You may wish that Schwartz said that
[bryan] October 7, 2004 15:48:09.972
abused wives often say they love their husbands when what they evidently mean is that they're afraid of them.