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I really like that idea, I am sure I am missing some important part that makes it not so easy to do. When you file a patent for invention like (dishwasher) you have to supply all the design drawings for the project. I do not see why they could not do that with software patents.
The points he made about how to improve the patent system are really good ones. I have always though a short lifespan on patents would be better for inovation.
I think patents are good for certain things but over all it slows inovation. I think we could be another 25 years farther down the road with technology if there where not so many bad patents out there.
How do you make yourself more desirable if you have been out of work?
I am not homeless but not able to land work and have been working in a different industry for 5 years but want to get back in to what I went to school for which is Computer Engineering.
I am saying the prices where lower then they are now. When Amazon had a almost all the market share they were able to bully the publishers to the pricing they wanted. When Apple entered the market publishers stood strong and got together and got Apple to the prices on there ebook store.
Amazon then was forced to raise there prices if they wanted to get the same books that Apple got. So yes as the market has grown and there are more choices the prices have gone up. The publishing industry conspired with each other to get hire prices.
Edited - My comment earlier was worded poorly and did not come across as I was hoping.
The price fixing talk did not start with Amazon. It started because when Apple joined the market the publishers where not going to give them the same deal that Amazon had forced on them. So I think Apple wanting to get a piece of the market worked with the publishers and they all set the same pricing. Now it happened so quickly that people think they fixed the price which I agree they did. Instead of each one working with apple to come up with there own pricing.
This whole price fixing thing came about when Amazon had 95% of the market share and was able to dictate the prices, since they where the only ones selling e-books in large amounts. Now that apple is in the market along with other people Amazon share is at about 55% so they have lost that ability to control the market.
I do think Apple and the book companies came together to set a hire price and force Amazon to follow suit or risk not having all the books that Apple would have.
I do not understand why the books have to cost that much. I agree with NathanKP in that they are just files and the cost to the publisher is almost nothing at all. I know they are wanting to make a profit but I think when you charge more then a paper book something is wrong.
Go all e-books with a lot less paper books and call yourself the greenest in the business. I find that a lot of companies are scared of change and I am not sure why. I see change as a great thing that can propel the world in to new and better technology.
The patent law should change to, if the company goes under or after so many years the patent is no longer valid. Once the patent is no longer valid it can not be re patented ever again. This way companies can't keep using there old patents to hold inovation hostage.
I think Zediva had a great idea and found a loop hole in the law. I find it strange there is different rule for streaming and for DVD rentals in the movie industry. Why can't it be all the same? Sooner or later no one is going to rent DVD anyways everything will be online.
If this takes off the whole graphics industry is going to get so much better. I am talking from movies to games to everything else you can think of. I mean think if FIFA started to use this in there games, you could make it so you see a shoe lace move or individual hair strains moving.
I hope they get this out to market sooner rather then later.
I heard on Bloomberg that Angry Birds is looking at a movie deal. Not sure what kind of movie it would be so there is one company looking in to it.
These days the media pushes sports and actors more and more. They show being a TV or Movie star you can make a lot of money. What they do not show is that there are 1,000's and 1,000's of people trying to do that same thing that never make it anywhere.
This is the same thing for sports and even less make it to the big leagues and make the money that you see the stars make these days.
I have to agree that there needs to be a push to make computers and science more appealing to the younger generation. The more we can show that engineers and scientist are not labeled geeks the more we will get the younger generation test out the different fields.
I think this is Apple way of controlling everything you do more and more with there devices, this is also true with Google and there Chrome OS. They want you to be become dependent on them and only them for all your needs.
There is a lot of people out there that don't want to think when it comes to software or hardware. They want something that works and is easy to use. With the size of both these company's I could easily see each taking about 40% of the market and leaving everyone else fighting for 10%.
I think the biggest problem that Android (Honeycomb) is having is that Google totally rebuilt the OS for the tablet. Where as apple did not make many changes to there iOS and the developers had to make very few changes to their apps code to make it run on the iPad. Android (Honeycomb) will be fine it is just taking developers longer to fix the code to run with all the new features that Honeycomb has to offer.