An Amiga Kills A Troll

This Groklaw story of how a demonstration of an Amiga helped to win a patent infringement suit against Redhat, will warm the hearts of all Amiga enthusiasts everywhere. The Amiga wasn't the only prior art in this case, but I wonder how many other software patents the Amiga might invalidate. This also serves a reminder of how flawed the concept of a software patent is. Any company that depends on them to protect it's core business, is taking a huge risk. Of course, the loser in this suit was just a patent troll, so nothing of value was lost.

Trolling On The Wave

It's rather sad how quickly the Internet trolls force everyone to circle the wagons and become defensive. Wave is no exception. A moderated wave had to setup after a someone trashed the index wave for all the role playing games. I guess this a problem we are never going to out run as long as there is someone who doesn't want to share the commons.