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ZDNet UK: We Need More Penguin Suits

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 16, 2004

“If this week’s meeting in London between developers and the
government to tackle the issue of the European software patents
directive demonstrated one thing, it is that the two sides speak
entirely different languages.

“There were perhaps only two points of mutual understanding
between the two groups: the first was that neither had the faintest
idea what the high energy physicist at the back was going on about;
the second was on the issue of shopping trolleys…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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