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Did Microsoft Invent The iPod?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

nate.oo writes "If you think Apple Computer's Steve Jobs invented the technology behind the Apple iPod, don't bet your 60GB, 15,000-song model on it. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent applications that cover much of the technology associated with the iPod were submitted by Microsoft."

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  1. Credit where credit's due by Dubpal · · Score: 5, Informative
    "If you think Apple Computer's Steve Jobs invented the technology behind the Apple iPod..."

    Contents of the article aside, such an assumption would be wrong, Steve Jobs didn't invent the iPod - Jeff Robin did.

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  2. Apple had it on shelves before the MS patent by plasmacutter · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to apple, the ipod was on store shelves before even M$ sumbitted the patent application.

    I remember too. My friend bought the absolute first gen ipod.. a klunky 5 gig job... back in late 2001.

    TFA can stick this FUD where it belongs, thank you very much.

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  3. Re:That's like saying by Barlo_Mung_42 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I feel compelled to correct this misconception as a public service every time I see it.
    Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. He said he backed funding (repeatedly and against republican opposition) for the Arpanet which became the internet.

    He was misquoted deliberately (and repeatedly) by a group of right wing press until the lie became main stream. So now you can find many reasonable moderate people who believe he originally made the claim.

  4. Re:Did M$ invent the iPod? by smhill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually they didn't "take" it. It was in exchange for Apple stock. Xerox made out very well.