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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 I strongly disagree. First and foremost Apple is a computing device company. They come in many forms: Mainframe PC laptop smartphone tablet watch? glassess? Computing devices will NEVER be commoditized.…
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drewys808 wrote: » Absolutely. The goog is the #1 disrupter on the planet. And it's worked great for them. Not sure it's all roses for the consumers though (other than 'search'). In 100 years, nobody will care about the iPhone. The smartphone …
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SpamSandwich wrote: » "Hate the Leader" is America's favorite game. And a very good game plan. It makes leaders earn their position in the market and gives new entrants a home court advantage. Favoring the underdog in business is somewhat unique …
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Just saw the link on SolipsismX signature. Agreed, jragosta will be missed. When 55 year olds pass away, it makes you think how short life can be.
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philboogie wrote: » This is surprising. I would expect Apple to be knowledgable enough to create the same tech on their own. Something doesn't click. Great news for Mr. Papandriopoulos though. (yes, that was a copy/paste action) I'm not surprised…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy First off, I never talked about Ms. Lee using her influence to get patents issued to Google. I'm not in that fight. Please make sure who said what before you start ripping, you're a lawyer, I would have ex…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ascii But the example from earlier in this thread (http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/161152/former-head-of-google-patent-strategy-appointed-to-run-u-s-patent-agency#post_2445724) where the lawyer was trying to claim th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by d4NjvRzf However, history has shown that patents are absolutely not necessary to the software industry. Most of the algorithms and data structures that power modern software (e.g. methods for fast sorting, efficient …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy What kinds of "relevant proceedings" would Ms. Lee as Acting Director of the USPTO need to recuse herself from, or were you just speaking in generalities as they relate to court cases? LOL, finally some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy I'm sure you're aware that the Supreme Court has very recently agreed to hear arguments on "the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventions" this next year. Do you think SCOTUS will put any new l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by timgriff84 Not sure what you mean, I was agreeing with you. If you have shares in a company that could be affected by a job that your doing and your in this kind of position. Then there would be a conflict of inter…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy There is nothing that there that gives me any confidence this is a good choice. From the face of it, her background makes me suspect that she will be a defender of software patentability, both as a matte…
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If any of you are interested in helping save the patent system, there is a website with good information and a link to contact your congressional representative. www.savetheinventor.com
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy That just might be illegal. But I don't know, I'm no lawyer. This whole discussion about conflicts of interest with Google is ridiculous. The previous Director (David Kappos) came from IBM. IBM has a b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ascii Speaking as a software developer, a lot of the patents I see granted are not really original ideas, just things that any qualified engineer would think of. Of course most patents cover ideas that a qualified en…
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She won't have any influence on an individual case. Anyone that works in management knows that you don't interfere with the work of individuals three layers down. What is more important is her personal views on the importance of patents and whet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pdxfrogdog I would like to be able to support Modernist Cuisine, but Myhrvold's "real" job as co-founder of Intellectual Ventures (aka one of the biggest patent trolls) means no thanks. Intellectual Ventures actuall…
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What happened to the Apple that built high quality products with minimal functionality and then added the non-essential features over time? Apple's iWork project is being run like an Android or Microsoft project. They're starting with fancy feature…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Meh. Keynote 6.0 needs a complete overhaul. Utterly frustrating, near-useless 'update.' I've trashed it and gone back to v5.3. I also tell folks who send me files in the newer version to export it to 5…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RickFaced Thanks. I thought Illustrator was a prosumer app versus PS. Tallest Skil is correct. However, the important thing to know is that the more complex the drawing the more appropriate a bit map is. If you …