VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds

I have found the discussion in this thread to be interesting. I would not necessarily have expected it to go in the direction it has. Sometimes, on this site, an essentially political story spawns technical discussion which quickly goes over my head. Other times a technical article results in a political discussion. It's really hard to predict. But few sites on the Internet consistently have such *good* discussions. And few flame wars, despite the fact that we are an opinionated bunch.

I suggest that you might want to reconsider your opinion on allowing comments to patent-related articles. I'm not at all sure that cloaks and daggers are likely to benefit our community.