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@Economister I *think* he is suggesting exactly the opposite. That is, if software patents as we know them today had existed when MS was a startup, Windows would have waited a LONG time for PARC and Apple software patents to expire or would have been a lot more expensive due to licensing fees and litigation. Bill Gates himself has often admitted that part of the rapid rise of Windows was due to the lack of IP restrictions in the earlier days of MS.
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