Yes, we'll put. I agree with that entirely. On the other hand true innovation needs to be rewarded. The Microsoft of the nineties is a case in point. They came within a hair's breath of putting Apple out of business by underhanded means. Who knows what a smart phones would be like today if Microsoft had have succeeded.
Regards, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 26/08/2012, at 17:46, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Carlo, > > NO, I am not saying that! There are laws to protect Patent. > > " Competition drives innovation, because innovation is an ongoing process." > I am saying that competition is good, it pushes companies (like Apple) to > keep innovating. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 26/08/2012, at 11:34 AM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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> > -- 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>
