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Meet The Man Who Designed a Tablet Computer 15 Years Before the iPad
Doofus writes "The Washington Post has a profile of Roger Fidler, who 'invented' the tablet computer in the 1990s, while working as a visionary for newspaper firm Knight-Ridder. He is now embroiled in the Apple/Samsung legal war, as an expert witness. Fidler admits that other prior art influenced him, such as the tablets being used as computing devices in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Prior prior art."
No, it doesn't. It's a bunch of unsubstantiated speculation and wild-ass guessing, punctuated by "Monopoly R teh badz, mmkay?"
And here's the thing: if you can't design a product that looks different enough from your competition's product such that your lead counsel in the lawsuit can't tell the difference without help and a close inspection, perhaps there's something to the charge that your product is a little too similar. There are lots of manufacturers of tablets out there... most of which have - gasp - roundrect shapes. And yet Apple isn't suing all of them. In fact, they would have been better off suing a poorer competitor than Samsung if this was about "establishing a precedent" to go after other companies with. Get your verdict cheap, then go club the more successful companies with it.
But they're not even doing that. This entire assertion that they're doing it to "set a precedent" they can use as a club on competitors is foolish. Apple has specifically suggested that Samsung should change the device to make it look different, they haven't asked for "licensing" terms. They're not looking for a payout from Samsung, they're looking to stop Samsung from producing what they're claiming are knockoffs.
WTH are you talking about, Kowalski? You are in your own little world. None of your links show anything other than you diving deeper and deeper into your psychosis. The first set of links is me and you going back and forth not answering each others questions . The only thing special about the exchange is you using multiple AC accounts to pretend you're another person. How much more pathetic can you get? You have AC sock puppets? Why not login like a man, Alexander? As far as you and hairyfeet go, you both post the same shit in the same style the only difference is he's hairyfeet and you're Alexander Kowalski. Maybe you're the same guy and maybe you're not. It sure brings the crazy out of you when its brought up though. Hmmm. So, how about coming clean on your years of secunia report trolling? Where you make direct comparisons of Linux and windows when the aauthores of the reports say the comparison is invalid and give reasons why. It of course you won't. Why face the truth when you can just throw up another wall of copy pasta with one of your proxies AC puppets? You're not even a man. How pathetic.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
You're almost there, Alexander. Now you're copy pastaing yourself in sibling nonsense rant hate filled posts. You're almost ready to completely crack up! The breakthrough is coming, nut job. Don't stop now, Kowalski!
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
Ha ha. More copy pasta. What's wrong, apk? Not an original thought in your head? Is that how you maintain your tenuous grasp on reality? Just not think? Doesn't take much thought to do a control-v does it, nut job? You've been stalking and harassing me for two days and steadily getting more and more crazy. How does it feel to be exposed, host file troll?
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.