[lolc]

Yes, Cisco and Juniper are financing an entity that creates "fixed costs" that are easier for bigger companies to bear. They can argue that it was cheaper to pay, but that's only half the picture. They help create an environment that's harder on upstarts.

Cloudflare still has some upstart culture: they get offended and lash out, which not only keeps trolls away but it's good for their brand too.

I wouldn't characterize the likes of Sable as rattlesnake though. They're parasitic. If you don't pick off leeches, more and more of them will come to suck.

[silexia]

Victim blaming is no better when it is done to a patent troll victim than to a rape victim. Change the laws to put pressure on the trolls. Or better yet, just outlaw patents altogether.