From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-19 06:45:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? Date: 19 Aug 2003 06:45:13 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ad0dd8a.0308190545.618fa858@posting.google.com> References: <1061235392.884013@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.111.211.178 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1061300716 8216 127.0.0.1 (19 Aug 2003 13:45:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Aug 2003 13:45:16 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41716 Date: 2003-08-19T13:45:16+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote in message news:<1061235392.884013@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>... > Robert C. Leif wrote: > It makes sense for some cases where the costs of invention are high, > the reproducilibilty is cheap, and the invention is useless unless > marketed. Developing new drugs is such a thing - a drug company has > no use for drugs except to sell them; it itself isn't sick. Sounds like you actually believed in the drug industry spin. Maybe you would wish to give it a second thought by asking yourself questions like: * What is necessary for the drug business to roll on? * Why is the drug industry the most profitable in the world? * What would happen to me if I ate all the drugs that are advertised on TV as "must eat to be healthy". Or more advanced: * Are there any placebo studies in surgery? * In which year will Americans spend a trillon dollars on drugs? (Sorry for a totally offtopic post. I think I have reached my yearly limit today so I will just shut up...) Regards, Wojtek