[dan_the_welder]

It has been said that what the current patents issue creates is a landscape where you can only be the one winner or among the many losers.

If there was a different solution, then there could be many small players filling different niches. This would be a win since there would be many opportunities to create a business and contribute to the economy.

Look at ISPs, if all you have is Comcast then you have a parallel to the current patents winner take all situation with all the problems that creates.

I really think the larger issue is that if people can't create businesses that fill out the economic landscape then those people are not able to work to their potential and that is a huge unintended drag on growth.