http://blog.patentology.com.au/2012/05/bickering-about-software-patents-miss...
Yeah. Even though Patentology seems to come out in favor of (software) patents, he seems at least to give a sane account of the contending sides -- considering that being a patent attorney it's clear on which side his bread is buttered.
Specifically, from their conclusion: "Any attempt to exclude software inventions from patentability is therefore likely to have wide-ranging and unintended consequences, all to solve what seems largely to be a non-problem outside the minds and writings of a vocal minority." The issue is that they don't actually state what they think these "wide-ranging and unintended consequences" are. One could accuse them of intellectual cowardice. Or at the very least, engaging in a campaign of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. All the best, Lev