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jragosta, physical property is a different asset. Patents are supposed to protect those who are creating or implementing their idea from having that idea stolen from beneath them. However, with the logic you're suggesting we should be OK wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich (facepalm) Surely you don't think this. A digital representation of a lock is completely different. If you do not understand these distinctly obvious differences, I will not tak…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE The thing you forgot it that patents are only valid for a specific period of time. You are giving examples that cannot happen. Tires and shoes been around for centuries and therefore they cannot be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Here's a hint: There are many patents that cover tires and shoes, look them up for yourself. Also, comparison of tires or shoes to Apple's products is irrelevant. Each invention is what …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ankleskater How do you get from fending off infringement claims together to earning royalties? Imagine all of the patents held by the combined handset manufacturers as well as Google. Now imagine…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich "If every company litigated like Apple..." You mean if every company defended their intellectual property? Read my examples and post that you agree, or that you don't a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Here's some advice for both Google and Samsung to fend off Apple - STOP COPYING APPLE'S STUFF! It's bad enough that Google's Android is/was a knockoff of iOS, but Samsung took it one step …
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The patent system is broken. If every company litigated like Apple, one of two things would happen: Nobody would have any electronic device, or Patent reform would rapidly take place The fact of the matter is that these t…
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As a Mac owner who uses Windows exclusively, I expect to see Apple providing better support (in the form of updates) for Windows users, for example firmware updates.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ $500 is not awfully expensive. $500 is dirt cheap. Most people thought that the iPad would cost around $1000 when it was first introduced. I wonder how old some of the people are who think that $500 is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacBook Pro I understand what you mean. The Retina Display with near perfect Color Gamut, 4G LTE, 5-megapixel iSight camera (with an ?/2.4 aperture and a five-element lens and hybrid infrared filter), dictation, ov…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ I already have two iPads. I guess I'm that I'm not their target customer, which is somebody who's looking for a tiny, shitty, inferior performing tablet, running the worst mobile OS in the universe. Biased …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Even if you don't do your due diligence as a "techs" to create a bootable installer as a backup they have 1) their Recovery HD which will repair and reinstall the OS, or if you've installed a new drive they …
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I support this move on Apple's part, but only if they do two additional things: Provide an easy way to download ML and burn to optical media / convert to USB installation Provide firmware updates for their hardware running Windows as well As "futur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Win 7 may be the exception and Windows experts may be the exception, but in general Windows machines never get upgraded due to many different reasons. Um, what? Most Windows machines in business ARE upgraded.…
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Fragmentation!
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil If 'everyone is copying our stuff instead of making their own' isn't the right reason, what is? Essentially, this is correct. In the industry, everyone oversteps their boundaries and infringes on other …
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocNo42 Good for you. I'm pushing for retaining the Apple model as a choice. I like the stability, predictability and reliability of Apple's "walled garden". If you don't then fine - but stop trying to remove my …
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I think this should be added as relative to this discussion: http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...medium=twitter
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocNo42 Sure. I also understand "damn convenient" - and apparently so do at least some courts with the injunctions Apple has won. If Apple's complaints were completely bogus as some would have us believe, they wouldn…