Just had a chat with Joshua Schachter from del.icio.us as he asked me
Do you have any idea why a few hosts are fetching del.icio.us/rss/urs so frequently?
I am always amazed, whom of you out there could be interested in my blog posts or – as it seems now – my bookmarks. Nevertheless, blogging to me has been like using a pocket- or scrapbook to jot down my thoughts, ideas and things I would forget within no time 😉 Anyway, it is good to have folks like Joshua to provide such fancy services like del.icio.us.
Update I: By the way. The last of my bookmarks saved on del.icio.us was a link pointing to an article in the NZZ [1]. Mr. Vasella is told to have said that those who waive the patent protection would undermine innovation. Maybe this is a bit too simple. An egg-and-chicken problem maybe. First we need innovation and maybe then it can be a good idea to protect that innovation with a patent. But just have a look at the writing of Karl-Friedrich Lenz [2]: \”Grenzen des Patentwesens. Konkrete Maßnahmen gegen die Patentinflation.\”; worth reading.
Update II: via chregu [3]
\”Es spricht einiges dafür, dass Patente auf Software, die in USA gängige Praxis sind und in Europa vor ihrer Legalisierung stehen, in Wirklichkeit die Innovation einschränken. Europa könnte immer noch den Kurs wechseln.\” Deutsche Bank Research [4]
And Switzerland?
[1] http://nzz.ch/2004/10/31/wi/page-article9YI9S.html
[2] http://k.lenz.name/d/v/index.html
[3] http://blog.bitflux.ch/archive/nosoftwarepatents.html
[4] http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/de/m/intro/index.html
