On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:11 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]> Sep 14 12:38PM +1000 ^ > > Apple has benefited tremendously from software patents. I don't think the > iPhone or the iPod would be where they are today if American companies had > been allowed to produce knock-offs as soon as v1 was shipped. If by "knock-offs" you mean copies at the UI level, let me remind you of the Lotus-vs-Borland suit in the early 1990s where it was judged that user interfaces cannot be copyrighted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Dev._Corp._v._Borland_Int'l,_Inc.#Impact I celebrate the availability of Chinese knock-offs, that provide more openness than Apple´s crud, and are based on Java and ship not locked for a given carrier, all for $152 USD down here in South America, including 21% VAT. http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-93142075-sciphone-i68-i9-phone-2-sims-liberado-4-band-mp7-32-gb-_JM FC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
