These douche-nozzles just ruined my morning: Microsoft sues Salesforce.com over patents. Megacorps with extensive patent portfolios suing to protect their legal right to a monopoly. Somebody poke me in the eye with a lawn dart, please. At least Billy G personally has better things to do — like rid the world of dirty little mosquitoes. Could someone please explain to me how this makes the software I use better? How does it promote technological innovation or advancement? Moreover, what do software patents contribute to the quality of our collective life? I’ll say it one more time: “Software development is both a science and an art. Patenting any aspect of it is like patenting the pirouette, the appendectomy, the color blue, or a method to identify asteroids that may [...]