Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--502358-How many computer users were t/en

How many computer users were there in 1982, even in the US? It was a small fraction of the public. But there were software developers. They weren't saying, &ldquo;We desperately want patents&rdquo;. They weren't getting sued for patent infringement after they developed their programs. But there is a bit of [economic] research that I saw that apparently software patents resulted not in an increase in research, but [in] a shift of funds from research into patenting.