What is Florian's strategy?

This whole thread actually shows rather nicely why software patents are not a necessary thing: there is far more to it when it comes to success/failure of a business. Both "sides" of the discussion essentially agree with this.

Then why complicate lives of so many to gain essentially nothing for general public? Because once the privilege is given, it is hard to take it away. Nobody in their right mind is going to give up on a potential monopoly when they can squeeze their competitors for longer without doing anything else business-wise to be more successful.

Unrelated point:

I remember discussion from awhile back about software being like artwork. Anyone still remembers that Google ad where the solution to a mathematical problem led to a phone number to call (or something like that - don't remember the details exactly)? How many "artists" would get that?

I am sure Google had that ad up because software had nothing to do with maths :-)