I couldn't agree more.
Software patents have really become the biggest joke in technology right now. Any 2 bit hustler, who filed a patent for the most ridiculous “feature” 20 years ago, can wake up one drunken morning when he's broke, get himself some shyster lawyers, and simply try and blackmail tech companies into paying him vast amounts of cash, under the threat of creating havoc and mayhem and trying to lay waste to the entire technology industry.
We all still remember the ridiculous patent infringement suit brought by the professional patent trolling outfit called Eolas” over the Internet Explorer browser.
This business is getting ridiculous. If congress didn't have their heads up their butts, they'd have done something about this long ago.
From your lips to God’s ear. You have it exactly.