I think the Software industry should be run the same as the Pharmaceutical industry in that It can patent software and technologies but the patent is only good for 5 years. After that 5 years the software/technology should become public domain (preferable with the source). This would give the software developer time to sell their product but it help people who stay on older systems get fixes for software that they are using. After 5 years the technology has changed so much and most software vendors stop supporting the product at this time. This would force companies to innovate any chance they get to make a better product that will sell better and be better than the one before it.
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Not sure how they would enforce it but more publicly known companies like MS would probably do this just because they wouldn't want the bad publicity.
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