The Scientific American had an extremely bitter April Fools' joke: Okay, We Give Up -- We feel so ashamed. But I can somehow understand.
Archive 4. April 2005
Papal Pontificate: Criticism from Politics and the Church - the critical voices should not be drowned out by all the papal eulogies that are currently rustling through the forests of pages ...
Government study warns of blockade by software patents
Government study warns of blockade by software patents:
The study urgently demands, in particular, a strengthening of the interoperability clause in the planned EU legal framework. Otherwise, given the still "generous" practice of the European Patent Office (EPA) in granting protection rights for computer programs, there is a risk of destabilization and partial death of the IT market in Germany and Europe.
But Clement - our super pipe of all - still claims that everything is completely made up and that we should keep the church in the village. What a charade at the expense of our own economic location.
And the German companies against software patents won't bother him much either - probably he hears nothing because his head is still up the ass of the big entrepreneurs. That puts pressure on the ear ...
Systemhaus BOG files for insolvency - I already noticed it last week. It would be a shame if the store was gone - I haven't had much to do with them (only a few minor contacts when I still had to deal with cash register systems), but BOG has existed in Münster since I've been in the industry (even a bit longer) and somehow it's part of it for me ...