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Wouldn't this simply result in a flurry of single-purpose hardware devices that could be patented?

If not, why not?




That might be so, but if those devices face stiff competition from software running on relatively generic platforms, they are either going to have to be that much better or all they will become irrelevant. In either way, consumers will benefit.




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