How does the article connect to this one from Arstechnica?
Are they both valid or ... what? UK law is so weird. Not that the US is any better, just a weird I understand. Not universally like however. Let's be clear about that.
I have a number of friends that play it. So contrary to the above it has some value to a few.
Activision is slowly recovering from the debacles of its glorious leader, Bobby K. the lovable CEO that gets sued for hundreds of millions because he didn't want to honor contracts. With him out of the headlines the business seems to be making progress.
For commenters there are many gamers that enjoy the MMO worlds and digital is more important to them as there will always be updates in that type of game. Acquiring addition physical discs is a hassle. New generation has a different sensibility. If it has any at all.
For the author: massive was GTA-4 where the initial play through was closer to hundred(s) of hours. 40 was long, not massive.
False assumption on your part. First there is nothing suggesting that EA is going to change in any way except they aren't planning (or admitting) to acquiring large studios and turning them into EA grind houses.
So, what about EA and Origin are positive? Not much at all. As mentioned the TOS is horrible. EA is abusive to customers and their developers. They lie regarding what they are selling, whether the product is ready to release and that their servers are ready for launch day.
Evidence of the above is they haven't had a successful launch in 2014 with only marginal results prior.
This is a CEO admitting that their model is broken so they are going to stop wasting money by running good development houses into the ground. Fine, time will tell. Since the information is from EA it cannot be trusted.
An actual software developer laughs at Randall Rader
Software is an entire industry 'built on the shoulders of giants', or at least the one or two people in before you. To do it wrong you build it on the licenses of mediocre people with patent attorneys and judges that believe that code is similar to hardware. We have finally broken free from having to dodge bad code that is protected by fools and non-technical judges.
The truth behind the change is many items that have been forced to be worked around can now be done correctly. Prior art includes text books yet many times the patents I see are little different from an example in a text book.
Except, with 'done on a computer' added to the description - of course.
Oddly enough this is a reply worth reading. Your original was a waste of bandwidth and oxygen. Although you still miss the point of the well written article. The court saying 'that in theory' software is patentable is fine for now. They truly do not appear to understand that 99% of all software meets their first requirement and thus is not patentable.
Software doesn't do more than math and generic functions. True some specific hardware/software combinations for specific patented process may well be patent worthy. With the current set of hardware commonly available to all ... I have trouble even imagining one that would pass the test.
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Arstechnica says something different.
Are they both valid or ... what? UK law is so weird. Not that the US is any better, just a weird I understand. Not universally like however. Let's be clear about that.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/you-may-soon-need-a-licence-to-take-photos-of-that-c lassic-designer-chair-you-bought/
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Destiny does seem to be working.
Activision is slowly recovering from the debacles of its glorious leader, Bobby K. the lovable CEO that gets sued for hundreds of millions because he didn't want to honor contracts. With him out of the headlines the business seems to be making progress.
For commenters there are many gamers that enjoy the MMO worlds and digital is more important to them as there will always be updates in that type of game. Acquiring addition physical discs is a hassle. New generation has a different sensibility. If it has any at all.
For the author: massive was GTA-4 where the initial play through was closer to hundred(s) of hours. 40 was long, not massive.
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Are they commenting?
Then they target the post, proving their very effective system so they can bill somebody somewhere for their genius.
Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice. Although avarice has been known to sneak in there on the web more often than not.
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Re: Well that is comforting
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Re: Negative bias article ignores "CwF+ RtB" actions
So, what about EA and Origin are positive? Not much at all. As mentioned the TOS is horrible. EA is abusive to customers and their developers. They lie regarding what they are selling, whether the product is ready to release and that their servers are ready for launch day.
Evidence of the above is they haven't had a successful launch in 2014 with only marginal results prior.
This is a CEO admitting that their model is broken so they are going to stop wasting money by running good development houses into the ground. Fine, time will tell. Since the information is from EA it cannot be trusted.
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An actual software developer laughs at Randall Rader
The truth behind the change is many items that have been forced to be worked around can now be done correctly. Prior art includes text books yet many times the patents I see are little different from an example in a text book.
Except, with 'done on a computer' added to the description - of course.
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Re: Re: Re: Poorly written article
Software doesn't do more than math and generic functions. True some specific hardware/software combinations for specific patented process may well be patent worthy. With the current set of hardware commonly available to all ... I have trouble even imagining one that would pass the test.
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RIAA/MPAA total sales vs us.
Compare that to the computer industry where just apple, microsoft and intel make more then that per quarter. Somebody is backing the wrong horse.
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