Haha. I think psycho is the greeter at my local Walmart so don't blame him for being ignorant.
When I worked on a project with Lotus/IBM back in early 2000s, my eyes were opened to just how much technology was coming from Israel.
When you wonder how/why, a little Googling will reveal:
- They have highest ratio of college degrees per population in the world
- They file the third most patents in the world
- They are ranked #2 for venture capital right behind good 'ole USA
As far as tech, more Googling will show you:
- They have second highest # of high-tech companies besides Silicon Valley
- Cell phone was first developed by Motorola-Israel facilities
- Most of WinNT was done in Microsoft-Israel facilities
- Pentium MMX was designed in Intel-Israel facilities
- Both MS and Cisco have their first non-US R&D facilities there
etc. etc.
Of course they get tons of US aid but so do many other countries that just have welfare states.
Not saying this suit is legit by any means (as many have said, these suits are a dime-a-dozen), and software patent infringement is super sticky biz, but ignorance...well it seems right up your alley
(but we do neet Walmart greeters so I digress)