Emrah BASKA

Turkey

Medicine

Patents for software is a shameful act and is ruining the industry for what its worth.

In this case, as if Autoplay is a really hard to devise and plan system, it is protected by a foolish patent. I wonder the date of the patent, because my Amiga500 would detect if there is a disk inserted and if so, would execute the proper boot sequence AUTOMATICALLY. That may be a prior art thinking how old Amiga500 is. Tho honestly I haven't checked the date of the patent in this case. Anyway, whether it was granted before or after Amiga, it is foolish nonetheless.