*facepalm* I very explicitly did not want a link to a patent, and you just did very precisely the exact kind of thing I was asking people to not do.
I was looking for a link to the multitouch-related Google announcement you mentioned, so that I could go smack whoever would have said what you claim they said. JBQ On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Anton Melser<[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/7/14 Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]>: >> >> -Do you have a quote for this? (if yes, please send it to me in private). > >> -Please don't discuss specific patents on this list (or any other >> official Android list). Thanks. > > Terribly sorry. I have quite inadvertently touched what appears to be > a raw nerve (my original intent was genuine). A simple google reveals > that at least I didn't dream it... > apple google patent multi touch > But sorry. I realise that discussing such matters is inappropriate. > Please accept my excuses. > A+ > Anton > >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Anton Melser<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I seem to remember Google announcing they wouldn't develop multi-touch >>> capabilities as Apple have patents on "the technology". Sure, it >>> existed many years before Apple "invented" it, but that has never >>> stopped large corps from threatening to sue for patents acquired >>> illegally. I'd forget about it. >>> Cheers >>> Anton > > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
