10-25-2011, 07:31 AM
Grieve Wrote:Xerox really didn't have anything, and weren't going to do anything with what they had.
Ahh, the old "its not stealing if they weren't using it at the moment" defense.
Quote:They have injunctions against Samsung in multiple countries that prevent them from selling their tablet, not just Germany.
A preliminary injunction (based on photoshopped evidence) is not a legal finding, its a preliminary legal device - and one that can backfire if the final finding is not in apples favor since they will end up having to compensate samsung for the loss. Furthermore, that is not an apple vs google issue, the
Jakensama Wrote:500 bucks says you are wrong, right now.Ha! You're on, my overconfident young pseudo-German friend!
Just as long as you don't pay me using that monopoly money you Euro-types use...the way things are going, it won't be worth much soon. Dollars only, please. Or, even better, pounds - god save the queen![/quote]
Considering the exchange rate to your silly green toilet paper, it would be an easy bet to pay off in the hypothetical scenario you imagine. I think I have some pounds lying around left over from my UK trips as well, but they all stink of warm beer and curry since thats all I think of coming out of that Island.
Quote:Easy enough - we'll let my completely impartial friend Tim decide if the term "bigtime" applies or not - I'll let you know what he says. And "start of next year" means when we get the market share numbers for the current quarter or December.
Here's the most recent data I've seen:
http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/05/android-io...re-in-u-s/
Apple at 27.3%, and Android at 43.7%.
That's a 16.4% difference. How about we say I win if Apple narrows that gap to 12% or less? That should be a safe bet for you, since you believe Android will keep on growing unabated, and a year earlier it was 24% iPhone vs 15% Android. In a year iPhone grew share by just 3%, while Android rose 28.7%! So Apple couldn't possibly reverse that by the end of the year, right?
In that time frame, sure - I was making sure you weren't being cheeky and trying to squeeze in the ipad 3 launch next march into the equation, as they dominate the tablet market (only reason ios has a respectable market share) without question.
Quote:He could be a major dick, no doubt, but he probably wouldn't have been so successful otherwise. Are you reading the bio, or just reading the quotes? I plan to pick it up when I have time.
Just the quotes, i'll likely pick it up - I live in an industry full of oversized egos and assholes spewing obscenities on a daily basis so I am sure I will find it familiarly comforting.
Quote:And because I like to think the spirit of Steve lives on in me, I'd just like to say... Du hast doch nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank! Deine Zähne sind wie die Sterne so gelb und so weit auseinander!! Geh nen Bullen melken!!!
You just copied those quotes from Google, you language thief!