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What has Happened to the
Real World? nVidia
"Shystering" 3DFX!
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by R. F. Mariano
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There are times I ponder; "just what is
going on out there?"... Who is suing whom, who is
buying out whom, who instigated proceedings purposely to bankrupt
a competitor.... Why is all this trashy behavior going
on? The first fool that jumps up and states "its the
world of business.... the real world. I'll jump right down
the throat of such a fool. This so-called business world has
been concocted by greedy corporate lawyers hell bent on garnering
a fortune at the expense of thousands of good people 'round the
world. Those people are known as users, computerists, etc..
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As an example; take this garbage going on
between nVidia and 3DFX. This has to be the legalistic
"Crime of the Decade". Why? Yes, it is a
complicated deduction mainly because we have, at the fulcrum of
this problem, a government agency that knows little, if anything,
about dimensional computer video graphics, its hardware,
chip structure, code and problem free integration into today's
machines. The latter being commonly called
compatibility. As long as we have brain dead government
agencies at a critical control point and crossroads in these arbitrations there
is a wide open gold mine out there for smart mouth attorneys who
are ready, willing and quite able to jump all over these
situations chasing the almighty buck. The shame of it is;
the buck ultimately comes out of the user's pockets.
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nitty gritty of this jazz is nVidia filed extremely vague
patents with the US Patents Office and as usual, as long as an
accredited Patent Attorney oversaw the filing, seemingly, the
clerks at the Patent Office allowed the Patent to fly right
through. As a result, nVidia has a number of extremely
vague patents registered relative to computer devices and their
use. Simply put, these patents encompass just about
everything that has to do with computers, computing and their
use. How does this happen? In a word,
incompetence. Where? At the US Patent Office. Why?
The Clerks etc., at US Patent Office are either far too trusting
or, lazy.
The bottom line as far as this reporter is
concerned is, those at the US Patent Office haven't a clue about
the patents they are granting! (Sorta like the old horrid
adage of: "shoot 'em all and let God sort it
out") We elect our governmental representation and
expect the the very best will be provided in the interests of
citizens and taxpayers. In the case of the US Patent
Office, the country's taxpayer's are being gravely shortchanged.
Now I ask, I thought that an Officer of
the Court, (an Attorney - Bar Member) was sworn to uphold
certain basic standards like "Truth, Justice and the
Constitution".... why is it the US Patent Office permitted
nVidia to file patents that "quite literally" patent
each and every one of our computers? It doesn't take a
rocket scientist to understand that nVidia has some pretty sharp
lawyers behind this extremely evident scheme to do harm to
3DFX.... nVidia should re-examine its position
in these matter and the US Patent Office is in need no, desperate
need of revamping with competent, honest people who will ensure
the proper patents are filed.
3DFX is busy trying to defend itself
against this ridiculous, monopolizing nVidia onslaught but in so
doing, its going to cost 3DFX big bux. nVidia's obvious
goal is to hurt 3DFX financially by tying up tens of thousands
of dollars in legal maneuverings.
How odd... I was under the impression for
the all my life that the company that proved itself to have the
better product by the votes of the consumers (who vote with
their dollars) would always come out on top. How naive of
me. Apparently, it boils down to who has the slickest
lawyers and deepest pockets.
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