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Patent troll or not, Paul Allen finds a friend in Steve Wozniak

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 2 comments
TechFlash; By Todd Bishop
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Is there some kind of secret brotherhood of lesser-known Microsoft and Apple founders? Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder better known as Woz, is voicing some surprisingly strong support for Paul Allen and the Microsoft co-founder's patent litigation against Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants. Asked about the lawsuit during a video interview with Bloomberg News, Wozniak says he's "not at all against the idea of patent trolls," and he believes Allen's suit represents the fact that inventors have rights under the U.S. patent system.

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I thought Steve Wozniak was supposed to be some sort of clever guy. His comments on that interview are the biggest load of rubbish I've ever had the misfortune to hear.

What on earth is he talking about? He sounds as coherent as a street market barrow boy.
street market barrow boys make much more sense.

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