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Originally Posted by wnut
Anyway we agree racing is great for developing ideas, and dreaming up a random concept is way different from making it work, which is the problem with the whole patent system.
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Racing is very good at focusing the urge to beat the other guy. Boeing is pretty good at doing that in-house, with two different teams attacking the same problem, and harnessing their urge to beat the other team, but that's unusual. Competition between auto makers doesn't focus their engineers as well as competition on the track between racing teams where there is a clear winner and a clear loser.
I would say over 200 years, the patent system has served us very well. It just turns into a mess when computer software is involved.