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ABOUT ME
Ravi Pandya
Architect
Cloud Computing Futures
Microsoft
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| 03- | Microsoft |
| 00-02 | Covalent |
| 97-00 | EverythingOffice |
| 96-97 | Jango |
| 93-96 | NetManage |
| 89-93 | Xanadu |
| 88-89 | Hypercube |
| 84,85 | Xerox PARC |
| 83-89 | University of Toronto, Math |
| 86-87 | George Brown College, Dance |
| 95- | Foresight Institute |
| 97- | Institute for Molecular Manufacturing |
DISCLAIMER
The opinions expressed here are purely my own, and do not reflect
the policy of my employer.
Thu 30 Jan 2003
The discussion with Miguel about Microsoft's patents reminded me of this 1991 essay by Phil Salin. He wrote it in response to the PTO's request for comments about whether they should continue to accept patents on software inventions. Phil's cogent and impassioned plea to consider writing software as an exercise of our right of free speech is inspiring. Unfortunately, of course, it was unsuccessful, as were the many other letters that I'm sure were written at the time.
I helped him a little bit with the final editing and submission. My last memory of Phil is of him dictating some last-minute changes from his hospital bed in Stanford, where he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. I miss him.
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