CB,
I have worked in the computer industry for 14 years. My job was not programming, but systems management. I have however, done programming on occasion, using FORTRAN, COBOL, IBM370 Assembler, PC assembler, C, C++, Pascal, Modula, Delphi and Visual Basic. I know what it takes to write code.
I also know well the signs of someone who throws around technical jargon to impress the uninitiated. And that is what you are doing.
It is not worth my time to knock down your arguments one at a time because they are in fact merely a bunch of smoke and mirrors designed to distract and confuse the uninitiated. But the core of your argument is not on solid ground.
1. You have shown us no reason why Verisign's encryption routines are inadequate and would need to be re-written.
2. Just because CUST may have patented one set of computer code does not mean that the same problem can not and has not been solved by other people with other, non-infringing code.
3. Ever hear of object-oriented, modular, and re-useable code? Extending and enhancing well-written systems is not the same as starting from scratch. |
