Are you blaming Mono for chasing a moving target? Microsoft and their bitch HP are calling the.Net specs "open standards" because they have older versions rubber-stamped by ECMA, but they only cover a fraction of what Microsoft's implementations have, the rest needs to be reverse-engineered. And I think you overstate the relationship between Microsoft and Novell unless you feel that taking any money from Redmond make them "unclean infidels"...
Really? Usain Bolt won the 100m dash in the Olympics, can you tell me the name of the person who finished #7? No, because he ended up not mattering. Then again, I live in #5...
Politics? Seriously? Do you think scientific theories are fucking parties or something? A scientific theory is a hypothesis backed by observations, to which there is no serious alternative. Or are you also questioning gravity, electricity and other scientific theories? Maybe you want to resurrect the phlogiston theories as alternative to this new-fangled "oxidization" humbug while you are at it?
One of the tenets of the theories that detractors call "Darwinism" is the survival of the most adaptive. Where do you get the "fittest" part from? Celebrity creationists like Ben Stein? And that is far from the only genesis story either, there is for instance the ancient Chinese one about a God being born from an egg and rising up to lift the sky. "Let there be a crack"... Why should yours be right and that one be wrong?
You seem to be using "ignorance" in a different way than the rest of us. But maybe you will come to your senses if your kid decides to forgo education in order to seek out a Jedi temple to learn the Force...
Which original IBM patent? One of the ancient ones that have expired? How would any of the single-touch, resistive-screen pen computing tablets apply to a device with multi-touch capacitive screen? And how exactly are the FoxConn workers, who earn a wage around 40% over the regional average for the type of work, "slave labor"? Are you that disconnected from the manufacturing industry as you sit in your comfy chair pretending to be doing a desk job?
The patents the others hold are either licensed by Apple, or by third-parties they use. Plus, they are "standard-essential" and thus fall under different rules than non-essential patents like the bounce-back scrolling.
No, he is saying "it's okay that they are being copied because they have earned enough money and don't need to earn more". Apple apparently needs to "spread the wealth around"...
Stupid sarcasm is no substitute for understanding. Are you saying research is free? They get to patent stuff they did first. Just because the freetard community scoffs at things they feel are "obvious" now that Apple have demonstrated how does not mean they should not be rewarded for their research.
Ah, the "underreported equals non-existent" fallacy of someone who does not follow any of those industries. There are plenty of lawsuits in other industries.
Here is Shelby's suit over a "clone maker" for instance.
What do you mean by "creative" here? How is a Mac limited? Mac OS ships with creative tools like Garageband and iMovie, for instance. It ships with a complete IDE instead of letting the (Windows) user either download a crippled one or pay for the privilege of building with a "proper" version. How does Apple limit creativity more than the alternatives? Not everyone wants to write their books using LaTeX or play around in Excel.
The patents were valid because they were granted by the USPTO. That is actually all that is required. Just because freetard know-it-alls comes around and say they are obvious in hindsight does not mean Apple weren't first to actually do it. Learn the difference between "could have done" and "did".
Apple are paying the patent owners for the patents they use (license, not "infringe"). Nokia, Qualcomm, etc. lal get money for every iPhone sold. And which features was it "severely lacking" that it needs to catch up to? The widget battery-draining gimmick?
Well, if by democracy you mean "power in the hands of a rich male elite which could dedicate time to politics because they had slaves to do all the work", then: yes, Greece was the cradle of democracy.
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Are you blaming Mono for chasing a moving target? Microsoft and their bitch HP are calling the .Net specs "open standards" because they have older versions rubber-stamped by ECMA, but they only cover a fraction of what Microsoft's implementations have, the rest needs to be reverse-engineered. And I think you overstate the relationship between Microsoft and Novell unless you feel that taking any money from Redmond make them "unclean infidels"...
With Linux, the community does for itself
What, through sheer willpower or magic dust? You do not consider "the community" to be a 3rd party in this context?
Well, beliefs are nice to have. Some people probably believe that Linux 3.2 will finally include the Communist Manifesto. It's only a matter of time.
Why not? Is there even an OUNCE of evidence for this direction, or are you extrapolating poop form FUD?
your-brain$ sudo port install a-fucking-clue @universal
Ah, ye olde "20% increased sales from the Parental Advisory sticker" irony, married to the Streisand Effect.
Really? Usain Bolt won the 100m dash in the Olympics, can you tell me the name of the person who finished #7? No, because he ended up not mattering. Then again, I live in #5...
Henry Ford also made anti-Semitic remarks, you still buy his cars...
Wrong Skin Color, perhaps? Unsure what the numeric code is for that but they probably have one.
Politics? Seriously? Do you think scientific theories are fucking parties or something? A scientific theory is a hypothesis backed by observations, to which there is no serious alternative. Or are you also questioning gravity, electricity and other scientific theories? Maybe you want to resurrect the phlogiston theories as alternative to this new-fangled "oxidization" humbug while you are at it?
One of the tenets of the theories that detractors call "Darwinism" is the survival of the most adaptive. Where do you get the "fittest" part from? Celebrity creationists like Ben Stein? And that is far from the only genesis story either, there is for instance the ancient Chinese one about a God being born from an egg and rising up to lift the sky. "Let there be a crack"... Why should yours be right and that one be wrong?
You seem to be using "ignorance" in a different way than the rest of us. But maybe you will come to your senses if your kid decides to forgo education in order to seek out a Jedi temple to learn the Force...
But explaining away something by referring to that higher power's whims can be wrong.
All I read was "more Android fragmentation". :)
What? Apple are still releasing new hardware and software on a yearly basis. How is that comparable to SCO?
Which original IBM patent? One of the ancient ones that have expired? How would any of the single-touch, resistive-screen pen computing tablets apply to a device with multi-touch capacitive screen? And how exactly are the FoxConn workers, who earn a wage around 40% over the regional average for the type of work, "slave labor"? Are you that disconnected from the manufacturing industry as you sit in your comfy chair pretending to be doing a desk job?
The patents the others hold are either licensed by Apple, or by third-parties they use. Plus, they are "standard-essential" and thus fall under different rules than non-essential patents like the bounce-back scrolling.
Any reparations from that overturned ban would come from the bond Apple had to post to get the ban in place.
Not sure how it would affect the other ban in Europe, but there Samsung relented and made the non-infringing Tab 10.1 N.
No, he is saying "it's okay that they are being copied because they have earned enough money and don't need to earn more". Apple apparently needs to "spread the wealth around"...
Stupid sarcasm is no substitute for understanding. Are you saying research is free? They get to patent stuff they did first. Just because the freetard community scoffs at things they feel are "obvious" now that Apple have demonstrated how does not mean they should not be rewarded for their research.
Ah, the "underreported equals non-existent" fallacy of someone who does not follow any of those industries. There are plenty of lawsuits in other industries.
Here is Shelby's suit over a "clone maker" for instance.
What do you mean by "creative" here? How is a Mac limited? Mac OS ships with creative tools like Garageband and iMovie, for instance. It ships with a complete IDE instead of letting the (Windows) user either download a crippled one or pay for the privilege of building with a "proper" version. How does Apple limit creativity more than the alternatives? Not everyone wants to write their books using LaTeX or play around in Excel.
The patents were valid because they were granted by the USPTO. That is actually all that is required. Just because freetard know-it-alls comes around and say they are obvious in hindsight does not mean Apple weren't first to actually do it. Learn the difference between "could have done" and "did".
Does Apple dictate the American government to the extent Samsung controls South Korea? I thought not.
Apple are paying the patent owners for the patents they use (license, not "infringe"). Nokia, Qualcomm, etc. lal get money for every iPhone sold. And which features was it "severely lacking" that it needs to catch up to? The widget battery-draining gimmick?
Well, if by democracy you mean "power in the hands of a rich male elite which could dedicate time to politics because they had slaves to do all the work", then: yes, Greece was the cradle of democracy.
You mean the Socialist dictatorship that precedes the Communist utopia. You know, the one that never seem to manifest itself...