[nitinthewiz]

Interesting read. I also believe that software patents reduce your own flexibility in work. If you spend the time and money to patent your software, you won't be changing it any time soon, even if you eventually discover that there is a better way to design your product.

[anamax]

> If you spend the time and money to patent your software, you won't be changing it any time soon, even if you eventually discover that there is a better way to design your product.

How does that follow?

It certainly isn't true with physical device patents, like automatic transmission mechanisms, so why would software be any different?

[rbarooah]

Why wouldn't you just patent the new method and even further raise the barrier to entry for competitors?