I think that's a bit of historical revisionism right there. Nobody sold Silicon ...

scotty79 · on Nov 20, 2012

> The companies were just tired of doing free R&D for the Chinese.

And thanks to software patents and copyright that's finally over.

bediger4000 · on Nov 20, 2012

Well, since the empirical evidence is completely against it, "Intellectual Property" has to be sold on an emotional basis.

But anyway, well played knocking down a straw man based on a point only tangentially related to the real issue. Thanks for that!