> > The look and feel is different. Apple makers a big deal of that. I'm > not saying it's better; just harder to base a lawsuit on. >
Point noted. I knew that's what you were saying. :) It's only superficially different, is my minor point. And how is the iPhone interface that much different than a Windows or Mac desktop? Not a heck of a lot, that's why everyone (except Larry... sorry Larry... smiley) knew how to instantly use it. You have icons on a display screen, you click on them, and they do things. Even with the gesture related controls. Is it right to patent the fact that spreading your fingers means get larger and pinching them means shrink. Is there another gesture that makes more sense? Maybe dialing clock-wise to indicated expand, and anti-clock-wise to shrink? The Apple vs. Apple Records decades long litigation shows that Apple is not an innocent party. They'll copy and imitate the same as any other company of it's in their best interest. There's a ton of cars on the market with the look and feel of a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. It seems to me that Apple's trying to pull a coup and they hope the judges and juries are stupid enough or non-tech savvy enough to buy it and grant them patents on concepts that are essentially in the domain of humanity. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
