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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 50 , Issue 1 (January 2007) table of contents
The patent holder's dilemma: buy, sell, or troll?

Pages: 66 - 71

Year of Publication: 2007

ISSN:0001-0782

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Sharon McDonald	University of Sunderland, U.K.
Helen M. Edwards	University of Sunderland, U.K.

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Examining the use and abuse of personality tests in software engineering.

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