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Just another blow to the US patent system: Netflix sues BlockBlocker for getting rid of late fees.

This is really ridiculous. How could Netflix be granted a patent on not charging late fees at the first place?

If a credit card company gets the patent of not charging late payment fees, can it just sue anyone that doesn't charge a late payment fee?

Can a library apply for a patent of charge any late fee on checked-out materials?

Yet another proof how stupid and broke the US patent system has been.

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In the spirit of "Better later than never", I would blog my San Francisco LinuxWorld trip. It's my first-eve LinuxWorld trip.

Day 1:

I attended the keynote by Charles Phillips from Oracle.
Oracle chose Linux as its part of certified stack because Linux is open, and Oracle does not have its own OS. If Orcale apps have problems with Microsoft OS, it will have to get the support from MS. But with Linux, everything is open. Oracle can troubleshoot problems themselves and determine whehter it's a OS problem and application problem. If Oracle finds any bug, it'll fix it and contribute fixes back to Linux.

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