From: "P. J. Alling"
On 1/14/2010 11:43 PM, William Robb wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walker"
> Subject: OT - Kodak's survival plan?
>
>
>> The headline is Kodak is suing Apple and RIM for patent infringement.
>> When I read about the nature of the patents involved ...
>>
>> "Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents covering image
>> preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. The
>> second suit is focused on technology that allows one application to
>> ask another program for help completing a computing task."
>>
>
> I wonder if the Apple fanboys will slit their wrists if Kodak wins.
> I mean really, Apple doing more or less exactly what they hate about
> Gates & Co.
>
> William Robb
>
Well they more or less stole the idea for the Lisa OS from Xerox, then
sued Microsoft for having the temerity to steal the same idea for the
first version of Windows.
Windows 2.0. Windows 1.0 was just a gussied up version of the DOS "file
manager".
And Microsoft didn't steal the GUI from Xerox, they "borrowed" it from
IBM OS/2 (which they were developing under contract).
IBM stole it from Xerox.
Xerox belatedly sued both Apple and Microsoft ... I don't think even
they were willing to take on mighty IBM during the its days of power and
glory ... but were thrown out of court because the statute of
limitations had expired.
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