Hello,
El mié, 13-03-2002 a las 12:40, Laurent Guerby escribió:
Eneko Lacunza wrote:
[...] Hope this will help our politicians understand the current software "market".
I hope Miguel will point to Ballmer's patent threats on competing DotNET implementations.
I have forwarded this issue to the correct people, so that the information can reach to Miguel, thank you.
Also, did spain political officials mention their opinion on the current directive proposal?
There isn't any official statement currently. We're having some intense activity meeting goverment people, to explain various issues, with patents being a very important issue. We're contacting the media regularly as well, so that knowledgement around this kind of issues reaches as long as possible.
2-3 years ago our goverment created a new Ministery called "Ministery of Science and Technology". There is a lot of controversy around it, as almost all people in IT world thinks that people involved in it has not enough knowledgement to take decissions. Some past decissions (LSSI == the return of Inquisition to "spanish internet") have been very bad, but we think that things can get better, as they seem that are willing to hear what we have to say, at least. We'll see.
Thanks and regards,