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Re:Software Patent Abolition Petition by JoshTriplett on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @05:53PM (#3184320)
Interesting. Can you point to any official response from Netflix referencing that petition, or did they just take the desired action without referencing the petition?
Re:Software Patent Abolition Petition by MartinCron on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @06:29PM (#3184451)
There was more outcry than just the petition. Lots of people emailed in, tweeted, whatever.

The official "OK, we're not killing profiles" message does not address the petition directly: http://blog.netflix.com/2008/06/profiles-feature-not-going-a...