10-24-2011, 04:56 PM
Grieve Wrote:So Xerox had ideas (nothing more), and Apple turned it into a complete product. Later on, Microsoft completely ripped off Apple by copying the Mac interface for Windows.
I just find the cognitive dissonance with apple fans amusing.
When they rip off Xerox's GUI/Mouse interface and make it more marketable they are marketing geniuses, when Microsoft does the same to them they are cursed as thieves - despite the fact that by apples own "I made it popular so it is mine" logic they were beat at their own game since their sad little OS never came remotely close to taking a dangerous market share from microsoft.
Quote:Google outright stole what Apple had, and now their manufactures are paying the price for that. Despite everyone here saying these lawsuits are bullshit, the courts seem to disagree. Apple is winning their cases, and those brought in retaliation are being thrown out as having no merit.
Nothing solid has been found in Apple's defense yet, even this injunction will bite them in the ass if they end up losing and the case gets thrown out and under german law apple has to pay them damages..
Also, amusing how when google copies a feature it is outright theft, when iOS adds the notification feature that android had since launch it is innovation.
Quote:Everyone in the tech industry knows Google stole the iPhone design.
You mean the iOS design? They weren't making hardware until they bought motorolla..
Quote:Google thought they could just buy Apple off later, but Jobs refused. Now they are in trouble, despite their market share. And I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that by the start of next year, iOS will be taking market share back from Android bigtime.
500 bucks says you are wrong, right now. This will, of course, be predicated that we adequately define the phrases "start of next year" and "Bigtime".
Seriously, his rants from his biography show him for the egotistical megalomaniac that he was. I mean, I have a reputation as an egotistical cocksucker in broker biz, but my hats off to this guy.