Especially when you see what Motorola was doing to Microsoft. Microsoft licensed 2300 H264 patents for $6mil/year. Motorola wants $4 billion for their 50 H264 patents.
Apparently all these google fandroids cannot see blatant extortion even when you show the the facts.
I do see the difference. The difference is this. You *NEED* FRAND patents to make a smart phone. You don't need bouncing rubber patents to make a smart phone.
Basically you are saying retaliation using REQUIRED FRAND patents is the right thing to do.
Then, may I ask you - WHAT THE FUCK DOES FRAND MEAN?
I'm curious. How "rabid" do you think these Army of Android device makers would be now that Google is selling Nexus 4, 7 and 10 at or near cost?
In the world I live in, companies like LG and Samsung actually like having a profit margin on the devices they make, no matter how "rabid" or "fan bois" they may be towards a certain product/brand/thing.
When customers expect the product to be produced and sold at cost, it sorts of takes away the motivation for these Army of Android device makers to be rabid, I've noticed.
Just curious, but why would you like that to happen? If you don't like Apple's devices, then it doesn't hurt you any. If you do use Apple's devices, that'll hurt you as the end user.
And Google is not a person, so it's not as if they have any hurt feelings. People's feelings may be hurt, but the company itself could give a rats ass.
This is great! I love it! This is exactly the issue Microsoft has - blaming others instead of themselves. If they did well, it is because *THEY* did it. If they didn't do well, it is because others were fucking with them.
Life on other planets - name me some credible scientists who believe in that. Until actual evidence is seen, no one of sound mind or body will *believe*. We can conjecture, and extrapolate, but we don't *BELIEVE*.
Did we believe Higgs Boson existed? The theories said it did. So we tried to find it. Do unicorns exist? I know of no theories that claim it does. But if someone actually finds one, I'll believe it.
You seem to believe that you have this non-testable book that made claims, is the actual truth. Sadly, science and reason does not work that way. Show me a testable hypothesis. If it is not testable, it is not science, it is religion or philosophy.
If you want to continue this debate, please provide me reasons why your God is better or more "true" than my Flying Spaghetti Monster. I have a holy book too. Well, more so a menu. But still holy, damnit!
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Especially when you see what Motorola was doing to Microsoft. Microsoft licensed 2300 H264 patents for $6mil/year. Motorola wants $4 billion for their 50 H264 patents.
Apparently all these google fandroids cannot see blatant extortion even when you show the the facts.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-20/google-s-motorola-mobility-offers-to-settle-microsoft-cases.html
http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/06/googles-newest-h264-royalty-demand-is.html
I do see the difference. The difference is this. You *NEED* FRAND patents to make a smart phone. You don't need bouncing rubber patents to make a smart phone.
Basically you are saying retaliation using REQUIRED FRAND patents is the right thing to do.
Then, may I ask you - WHAT THE FUCK DOES FRAND MEAN?
I've been using it since the first beta with it. Drove through 10 states during my summer vacation using it. No issues at all.
What sort of issues did you have?
And that's the thing Android fanbois don't understand. How much did Google make from Android? $10mil? $15mil?
How much did Google make from iOS? $1.5bil?
That's a huge difference...
I'm curious. How "rabid" do you think these Army of Android device makers would be now that Google is selling Nexus 4, 7 and 10 at or near cost?
In the world I live in, companies like LG and Samsung actually like having a profit margin on the devices they make, no matter how "rabid" or "fan bois" they may be towards a certain product/brand/thing.
When customers expect the product to be produced and sold at cost, it sorts of takes away the motivation for these Army of Android device makers to be rabid, I've noticed.
Just curious, but why would you like that to happen? If you don't like Apple's devices, then it doesn't hurt you any. If you do use Apple's devices, that'll hurt you as the end user.
And Google is not a person, so it's not as if they have any hurt feelings. People's feelings may be hurt, but the company itself could give a rats ass.
So why are you so angsty?
Build me a few more, kthanks.
And like most consumers are actually capable of long term thinking...
it's called android
Lmao. If I wanted a UI that changes every revision, I'd go with windows.
Hopefully, we'll get better UI designs
Funny how the non-computer folks I know who have an ipad (even my mother, who's never touched a computer before in her life) loves their ipads.
And it was never sold or advertised to have that capability!
Yes, it'll be nice to have a car that can carry 15 people. Or a bus that can do 0-100MPH in 5 seconds.
The right tool for the right job! Sheesh.
You are kidding me right? You honestly believe banks don't run their services on Windows? From ATMs to check clearing to anything else...?
This is great! I love it! This is exactly the issue Microsoft has - blaming others instead of themselves. If they did well, it is because *THEY* did it. If they didn't do well, it is because others were fucking with them.
Bah, whiny.
And that is why every car also looks like the Model T, and every laptop looks like a Thinkpad, right?
Are you seriously that stupid?
Figure out for yourself if it is better to offshore, or to keep the work here, but have a bigger mix of H1Bs, even if it drives wages down.
Though, it should be noted, H1Bs are not paid less than prevailing wages. It is against the law.
When I was a H1B, I was the highest paid member of the team, at a Fortune 100 company.
Now that I'm not a H1B, I'm still the highest member paid.
This is a net benefit to me, and to the country, IMO.
[obviously, I'm the highest paid because I'm damned good, not because they like to pay me more than anyone else for no reason]
I could have sworn the court case was not based around one single design patent.
When did the Court require an apology?
That you think that they needed to apologize is irrelevant.
Because Apple is using the Court's words to point out that Samsung is less cool, you see.
You can't point out that Android/Samsung devices is less cool, because... well, just because, damnit!!!
Does the slashdot crowd really believe this is about rectangular devices with curves?
Heh. Not sure if Samsung prefers to have this up or down :)
Gartner's data shows that?!?! Can I please borrow your time machine? I need some data from the future too!!!
"It's a fucking projection, damnit"
Your grasp of logic is weak, little grass hopper.
Life on other planets - name me some credible scientists who believe in that. Until actual evidence is seen, no one of sound mind or body will *believe*. We can conjecture, and extrapolate, but we don't *BELIEVE*.
Did we believe Higgs Boson existed? The theories said it did. So we tried to find it. Do unicorns exist? I know of no theories that claim it does. But if someone actually finds one, I'll believe it.
You seem to believe that you have this non-testable book that made claims, is the actual truth. Sadly, science and reason does not work that way. Show me a testable hypothesis. If it is not testable, it is not science, it is religion or philosophy.
If you want to continue this debate, please provide me reasons why your God is better or more "true" than my Flying Spaghetti Monster. I have a holy book too. Well, more so a menu. But still holy, damnit!
So, you are saying stamping out ignorance is bigotry?