Software patents — there’s plenty of debate as to whether they’re actually useful or not. For most people, they probably don’t care since it doesn’t affect them (well, not directly anyway). In fact, I’d hazard a guess that most people in my industry probably won’t give much of a thought about it, since it’s something that only a vocal minority group complains about.
Now, I’m not a lawyer (and trust me, intellectual property law is something that goes way over my head), but I’ve had my fair share of mucking around in this area since a chunk of my time at CiSRA was spent dealing with software patents (avoiding infringement, and drafting my own), so here are my thoughts on the whole debacle.
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As some of you may know, Keith and I had a short trip to Melbourne recently to see the sights, visit some old friends. When it was dinnertime at Phillip Island on the first day, we shunned the driver’s recommendation to go to a semi-expensive Italian Restaurant with the views, and found an ordinary looking shopfront cafe with a few tables and chairs outside looking out onto the water. Nothing like the sort of cafes you might see at Manly or Bondi — this was just a simple place to eat. However, there was something interesting about this place… Continue Reading »
As you can see, I’m catching up with my food reviews! La Botte is a restaurant that Keith and I go to often that I haven’t blogged about so I thought I might share it with you all this time. It’s in Carlingford next to Bunnings, so nice and close by. I thought since Keith and I go to it often, it might be a good restaurant to share with you all. Continue Reading »
Zowa is a casusal Korean restaurant in World Square. It features a wide variety of omelette rice dishes (omu rice), ramen type dishes, baked dishes (e.g. seafood, pork chops), plus entrees, desserts and a variety of drinks. Continue Reading »