> when they get to such a size where keeping the status quo would help them more than reforming patent law would that they'd drop their ideology and start throwing patent suits around like everybody else? I do. Because I would.

I wouldn't. For many of the "I shall take advantage of this system" person/company out there, there are thankfully examples to the contrary. Redhat. Google. Sun Microsystems (RIP).

I'm convinced that the reason this issue is being aired more often now, is because the greedy kind (the trolls and unscrupulous management of product/service companies) have overplayed their hand. They have gone a bit too far with all this aggression, and I for one am very glad to see people respond in kind.