Posts by derekmorr

Streetview is also useful to virtually explore the world, such as the Kennedy Space Center or shelters used by Antarctic explorers. The other day I was poking around inside the White House with Street View.   Frankly, I think...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gatorguy Apple's not playing chess. It's thermonuclear war. And the problem with thermonuclear war (and software patents) is that no one wins.

Quote: Originally Posted by iang1234    Wrong. Spend some time to watch this talk http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html   Folks should also watch...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta "One more time"? This is the first time you asked that question. Before, you asked for a list of feature phones that ran Android and could connect to GooglePlay - which is a very different...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta Your lack of understanding of the patent system is obvious. The patent is available to the public after filing - which is LONG before the patent is awarded. Uh, no. Just because an applicant has...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta Way to miss the point. It's exactly because the feature phones don't access GooglePlay that the entire premise of this 'study' is flawed. Let's say that there are 1 M Android feature phones in use...

Quote:Originally Posted by SolipsismX I assume this work arounds aren't as good as IP they are using from Apple That's a very disingenuous way to phrase it. You make it sound like Google stole an implementation from Apple. Nothing...

Quote:Originally Posted by mjtomlin Moving new APIs to support older versions of an operating system is a nice work-around, but you cannot move any kind of architectural change to an older OS. Apple has added things like ARC, GCD,...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta Instead of simply making an assertion, why don't you point out the error in my statement? The fact is that Google says that their numbers are based on GooglePlay access over the past 14 days. I...

Quote:Originally Posted by mjtomlin A platform can't move forward if your user base is holding it back. This is clearly what's happening to Android because the users can't update their devices. Where's the incentive for the...