Re: [tlug] Nice reply by Torvalds

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Josh Glover writes:

 > I seriously doubt this, for all reasonable definitions of "minimal".
 > Has anyone reading this thread ever been involved in a patent search?
 > How much time, effort, and money did it take?

I have, as one of those asked about prior art.  My lawyer estimates a
useful search for one potential patentable idea costs about $25,000.