My apologies for my ignorance, but how can it be that an entity is even able to apply for a patent on a concept that clearly was not created by them without being ridiculed?
The way I see it (which could be wrong) there are several projects in existence applying this concept (glassfish, compiz-fusion, etc), and some others that go beyond it (g-speak), whilst apple has nothing to show for it. I am starting to wonder if I should apply for a patent on scratching my ears, walking around naked, or maybe eating and breathing...
Feel free to call me an idiot and insult me in every way you may find fit, as long as you provide some sort of clarification to my query that goes along with it. Maybe I will find that I should quit my job and dedicate my time to patent trolling so that I can make some money by doing nothing...
Is it not enough that apple created the core of OSX based on code from the FreeBSD project in order to save itself from bankruptcy and gave nothing back?(not to mention the iTunes music-store craporama).
If I understood this patent filing correctly how is apple any better than Microsoft ? As far as I can see it their methods are pretty similar...
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Edit : My apologies, I meant "Looking Glass" and not Glassfish (the application server I was installing at the time I started reading this article) :(
My apologies for my ignorance, but how can it be that an entity is even able to apply for a patent on a concept that clearly was not created by them without being ridiculed? The way I see it (which could be wrong) there are several projects in existence applying this concept (glassfish, compiz-fusion, etc), and some others that go beyond it (g-speak), whilst apple has nothing to show for it. I am starting to wonder if I should apply for a patent on scratching my ears, walking around naked, or maybe eating and breathing... Feel free to call me an idiot and insult me in every way you may find fit, as long as you provide some sort of clarification to my query that goes along with it. Maybe I will find that I should quit my job and dedicate my time to patent trolling so that I can make some money by doing nothing... Is it not enough that apple created the core of OSX based on code from the FreeBSD project in order to save itself from bankruptcy and gave nothing back?(not to mention the iTunes music-store craporama). If I understood this patent filing correctly how is apple any better than Microsoft ? As far as I can see it their methods are pretty similar...