Comments on: Level 3 Adds IBM’s CDN Patents to Its Portfolio

By: brian

brian — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:05:43 +0000

Having worked for both companies, I can tell you that Level 3 will never catch Akamai simply b/c it cannot execute and deliver. Their systems are extremely hard to use for their own employees let alone a customer. In addition, they’ll never get the technical leadership within major accounts that Akamai has and will continue to have.

By: Randy Robertson

Randy Robertson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:18:45 +0000

You are giving patents way too much credit.

Patents are mostly worthless pieces of paper, and very few that I have read contain anything novel, and certainly not the secret to protecting a company's moat.

IBM as well as many other companies are forced into this patent game because everyone else is playing. The truth is, the people in the patent office are idiots and regularly give patents that would not hold in court. Patent law basically boils down to a pissing contest, and the pissing is done by lawyers who are payed millions of dollars despite never accomplishing anything of technical value themselves.

These lawyers, and the broken (I won't say corrupt, since corrupt implies somebody is actually competent enough to plan the horrible results we have now) patent system which keeps them employed are the real problem. Leave these companies and engineers alone to innovate freely. All the money wasted on lawyers and patents could be spent on more engineering to really solve the world's problems.

By: Limelight Level 3 Gears Up For Patent Nuclear War

Limelight Level 3 Gears Up For Patent Nuclear War — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:08:56 +0000

[...] others are now spending money that could have (and should have) gone to research and development on buying up its own patent portfolio to act as a nuclear stockpile to fight off Akamai. In this case, Level 3 (not Limelight, as [...]

By: Limelight Gears Up For Patent Nuclear War

Limelight Gears Up For Patent Nuclear War — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:37:09 +0000

[...] Limelight is now spending money that could have (and should have) gone to research and development on buying up its own patent portfolio to act as a nuclear stockpile to fight off Akamai. End result? Lots of money wasted on patents and [...]

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:22:00 +0000

Good article. Would like to see more coverage about this.

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By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:48:21 +0000

Excellent article, first time I have read about this.

By: fanfare

fanfare — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:58:52 +0000

Good work. Much appreciated.

By: Dan Rayburn

Dan Rayburn — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:56:59 +0000

To date, Level 3 has never paid me for any consulting services, ever. In fact, they are not even a sponsor of my blog. I challenge you to prove otherwise.

By: Really?

Really? — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:38:23 +0000

Dan consults for level 3…great independent writer OM