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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: HAAAA! |
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Nothing like being impaled on your own sword eh Jobs?
Steve Jobs wrote: | "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it. |
Strange words coming from a guy who stole the whole GUI technology, Xerox must be laughing their @sses off _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Rifts980 Registered User
Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 200 Location: Orbiting around a point just to left of four seconds in the future
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Oh dear, are they for real? _________________ The Banana is in the Package. Irish need not apply for winter solstice, we are full. I'm in your operations, changing your views.
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Xaqtly Registered User
Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 442 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, Apple gave Xerox the chance to invest $1 million pre-IPO into Apple in exchange for the tour of their facilities with the understanding that Apple would be allowed to create a GUI based on what they saw. People love to say Apple stole the GUI, but they didn't.
http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/gui.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Parc
And the simple fact is that Apple owns those patents. Why shouldn't they protect them? Every other company does it. For example, Nokia is suing Apple for patent infringement and I don't see any massive outrage about that. _________________ Changed my name to Kantaro. |
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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They stole it much the same way Gates stole QDOS for a lousy 50K
Quote: | And the simple fact is that Apple owns those patents. Why shouldn't they protect them? Every other company does it. For example, Nokia is suing Apple for patent infringement and I don't see any massive outrage about that. |
Meh, I just don't like Apple they suck they are eble they are behind everything wrong in the world don't ask me to prove why they just are it's their fault I'm fat too _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Rifts980 Registered User
Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 200 Location: Orbiting around a point just to left of four seconds in the future
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Styx wrote: | They stole it much the same way Gates stole QDOS for a lousy 50K
Quote: | And the simple fact is that Apple owns those patents. Why shouldn't they protect them? Every other company does it. For example, Nokia is suing Apple for patent infringement and I don't see any massive outrage about that. |
Meh, I just don't like Apple they suck they are eble they are behind everything wrong in the world don't ask me to prove why they just are it's their fault I'm fat too |
Reminds me of the good ol' logic "I BET THE JEWS DID THIS" _________________ The Banana is in the Package. Irish need not apply for winter solstice, we are full. I'm in your operations, changing your views.
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Kellan Meig'h Administrator
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 2045 Location: Just East of Indianapolis, Indiana
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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I think the fact is being overlooked that Kodak is suing Apple. Kodak, a true electronics giant and Apple, a small fry in the ocean.
Hmm, Kodak laptops and phones ... _________________ "Старый боевой конь, Кeллан" |
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Syrius Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 1463 Location: The S.S. ScurvyDog, Arizona! YARR!
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Rifts980 wrote: | Styx wrote: | They stole it much the same way Gates stole QDOS for a lousy 50K
Quote: | And the simple fact is that Apple owns those patents. Why shouldn't they protect them? Every other company does it. For example, Nokia is suing Apple for patent infringement and I don't see any massive outrage about that. |
Meh, I just don't like Apple they suck they are eble they are behind everything wrong in the world don't ask me to prove why they just are it's their fault I'm fat too |
Reminds me of the good ol' logic "I BET THE JEWS DID THIS" |
Dey took er jebs! _________________ Hey, Sony... IT'S PAYBACK TIME!
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Pecan Camari Registered User
Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 59 Location: Post Falls, ID
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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I'm surprised they haven't tried sueing Nintendo for the DS, or heck, even the makers of those old Megatouch games that you could find in almost any bar or restaraunt. _________________ Furry code, anyone?
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hikaru Administrator
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1581 Location: Kansas City, KS, USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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The entire concept of a "software patent" is patently stupid. There are only so many ways you can do something in programming. Microsoft actually tried to patent "click & hold" technology, where if you held the button down a long time, it would do something different.
The government needs to lose the concept of a software patent and go back to the old mechanical transformative process test. _________________ Read my comic: http://www.ImperialGelf.com
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Syrius Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 1463 Location: The S.S. ScurvyDog, Arizona! YARR!
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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I can't access it at work, but Cracked.com has a list of reasons why Apple is just as evil as Microsoft.
To quote an example: Mod your Xbox 360 to play imports or backups, and go on Live. You will get banned, but your console will still play games offline.
Jailbreak your Iphone to work with the carrier of your choice (especially if you live in an area not serviced by AT&T) and Apple will eventually DISABLE it through an update. Rendering the hardware useless.
AMD won't disable my motherboard if I don't use an ATI video card (They bought ATI recently), nor will NVidia kill one of their boards if I install an ATI card. Or if I use any ISP.
Oh, and remember that kerfuffle back then when Microsoft shoved IE in Windows in an effort to squash competing browsers? Apple is sticking Safari in I-Tunes. Whether you like it or not.
Why does Apple get away with behavior that not even the Evil Microsoft would think of? _________________ Hey, Sony... IT'S PAYBACK TIME!
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Because as I said earlier Apple is evil the one true source of all evil. It's said that Jobs even started an inter office war between the Lisa and Mac departments to try get better work out of them not a friendly compatition mind but a don't let me see you in the parking lot at night by yourself type of thing. _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Wulfie_Vulphyre Registered User
Joined: 27 Apr 2009 Posts: 261 Location: Nashville TN
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Are they suing any of the companies who are making touch screen desktops? You know like the HP all-in-one computers. They've got all the bits and bobs built into the monitor, And they use a nifty touch screen interface. That would mean Redbox machines are also on the list of no no you stole my tech. And many other things. Like the registers at Many grocery stores. I'd love to be a big company lawyer about now. Show me da monay! _________________ There is no signature here. |
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Syrius Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 1463 Location: The S.S. ScurvyDog, Arizona! YARR!
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Benleopard Registered User
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 390 Location: Finally free from D-land
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:31 am Post subject: |
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I have a little feeling that every little thing that apple does to piss off their customers and not provide a place for healthy competition for their aps, brings themselves closer to a very big lawsuit that could end the company. _________________ Fortune Cookie that I keep in my walet say's "Knowledge is the only good and Ignorance is the only evil."
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Vallus Registered User
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 397 Location: Oologah, OK
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Heh, makes me glad that my mp3 player is a Sansa Clip and not an IPod. It may not have a lot of features but it is simple and easy to use. |
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