No, this suit isn't about Google. This one goes back to the late seventies when the Apple II was being cloned by Asian manufacturers. They were fairly close to exact knock-offs although some added an extra key to the keyboard and maybe changed the startup ROM so that it didn't say "Apple ][" when booted. Apple spent a lot of time and money trying to shut them down and ever since has been very quick to defend what they see as "their stuff". I'm sure Samsung will learn their lesson and make their phones more distinctive. Apple will continue on with their small niche / big profit model until something comes out of left field to which they can't react.
Paul On 28/08/2012, at 3:48 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 08:46:04AM +0100, Bob W wrote: >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Boris Liberman >>> >>> On 8/25/2012 8:43 PM, Bob W wrote: >>>> Google, the Big Man? Apple's the biggest company in the world at the >>> moment. >>>> >>>> B >>> >>> Let me rephrase, your honour. Google - the big man of Android >>> ecosystem. >>> Hasn't Apple set out on a lawful crusade (pun intended) to wipe off and >>> out the Android infidels? >> >> I doubt it. I don't think Apple gives a shit about Android. Apple is a >> hardware company and is doing what it can to reduce competition in the >> hardware market. > > What Apple's strategy is toaday may be debatable. But Steve Jobs made it > very clear that his intention was to do everything he could to bury Google. > > I see the suit against Samusung as just part of this overall objective. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
