MachuPikacchu on Nostr: We owe John von Neumann a debt of gratitude for his work to prevent patent trolling ...
We owe John von Neumann a debt of gratitude for his work to prevent patent trolling of early “stored-program” computers.
He circulated his EDVAC report widely so that the idea couldn’t be patented thus giving birth to the modern open computing industry.
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