Software patents in general are counter-productive. If we allow any software/OS manufacturer to patent core functionality to the point that it cannot be included in other software projects such as the open source movement, we're only restricting ourselves. Computers get better because of the work and input of the masses, not through the Microsoft Behemoth. The open source community puts back as much as it ever takes, if it has in fact taken anything. A lot of open source technologies have become STANDARDS for computing. Like, imagine if the world allowed microsoft to patent email, or the POP protocol etc. We'd be allowing a big stinking monopoly and taking all the fun out of the broad and varied computing we have now.
The device is aimed at gamers and TV watchers, generating a 3D image with use of a pair of 0.7-inch OLED panels, which each display separate images, doing away with the ghost imagery that often comes along with 3D displays.
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Software patents in general are counter-productive. If we allow any software/OS manufacturer to patent core functionality to the point that it cannot be included in other software projects such as the open source movement, we're only restricting ourselves. Computers get better because of the work and input of the masses, not through the Microsoft Behemoth. The open source community puts back as much as it ever takes, if it has in fact taken anything. A lot of open source technologies have become STANDARDS for computing. Like, imagine if the world allowed microsoft to patent email, or the POP protocol etc. We'd be allowing a big stinking monopoly and taking all the fun out of the broad and varied computing we have now.