Hi Ronni, Are you saying that if all competitors are allowed free reign to imitate Apple products as soon as they appear on the market (or before if their industrial espionage is up to snuff) that that will foster innovation?
Regards, Carlo --- Carlo Margio Real World Computing mob: +61 404 296 965 [email protected] www.realworldcomputing.com.au On 26/08/2012, at 8:33 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi WAMUGers, > > On 25/08/2012, at 6:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi Wamugers, >> >> Most commentators see this as a comprehensive win for Apple in the US. It's >> good to see that a jury could wade through a mountain of testimony to come >> up with what I see to be an essentially just decision because the iPhone and >> iPad were shocking and new when Steve Jobs first presented them, but that >> now it is hard to distinguish the imitators from the real thing. >> >> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19377261 >> >> With most of the Windows press adopting Samsung's "loss for consumers" >> rhetoric, I particularly like this quote from the above linked article >> >>> Michael Gartenburg, research director at Gartner, told the BBC it could be >>> a good thing for consumers in the long run because it would force Apple's >>> competitors to innovate. > > "Competition drives innovation, because innovation is an ongoing process. > Thus, when others can copy you, that actually accelerates innovation by > giving the original incentives to stay ahead in the marketplace, and develop > the next great thing." > > Remember back to the mid-1990s when Apple had their famous "look and feel" > lawsuit against Microsoft. > Apple didn't stop innovating at all... instead they came out with the iMac, > then OS X, then the iPod, then the iPhone and then the iPad. > It didn't stop Apple from innovating, Apple accelerated its innovation to > stay ahead of the market. > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> >> Regards, >> Carlo >> --- >> Carlo Margio >> Real World Computing >> >> mob: +61 404 296 965 >> [email protected] >> www.realworldcomputing.com.au > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
