At what $ value did Motorola license these patents to other companies?
Motorola is doing this to all companies, not just Apple. They decided that after everyone started using their FRAND patents that they should charge a percentage of the end product, instead of the value of what they are actually licensing to everyone else.
But I am sure Motorola's counter of a percentage based on device cost is NOT fair.
Why is it not fair? If anything it's fairer than a fixed fee.
What Motorola is proposing is not fair because it demands that they receive more money for something which is completely unrelated to the patent. Again, why would adding more memory to the device justify paying more money for a video codec license? The video codec provides the same value regardless of the extra memory. Would it be fair if Apple sold the product minus the Motorola patents, but then had a free download that every user of the device would need to down load separately?
How would having a 2560x1600 display affect battery life over 1366x768? Given that battery life became a big issue, if it would affect battery life in hours I can see why laptop makers would have sacrificed resolution for battery life.
How do you explain something like this? Would you think with all the people Microsoft has in their employ they would assign the duty of EU Compliance Checklist Monitor to someone?
I'd be surprised if they didn't, but then he got re-orged.
I can see why SurfCasts tiles didn't take off. That's beyond ugly. Since Microsoft referenced SurfCasts patent in their patent, I suspect Microsoft determined that they were different enough to not require a licensing deal.
The Microsoft Live Tiles use data that's been curated for the purpose of a tile. SurfCasts is making little windows onto programs that have no idea their being ran in a little window.
I'm personally rooting for expanding into some of Timothy Zahn's books
I'd like those too, but I don't know how much I'd be accepting of new actors playing the core characters. The original actors are 25+ years too old for the parts now.
I can not be pleased by it if Disney stomps all over the Extended Universe. The only chance they have with me is if the sequels happen after Han, Leia and Luke are dead, or it's 30 years later and Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill hand off most of the movie to new actors playing Jaina Solo and Ben Skywalker.
The real issue for me would be having to clean the damn display of fingerprints every 5 minutes. I like a clean screen.
You know, I've never heard anyone mention that the stopped using a touch screen device because of too many fingerprints. It may not be that big of an issue once you start using one.
What I'm waiting for is a full, wall-sized replacement for the humble whiteboard, where instead of drawing with a smelly, messy dry erase marker, we just draw with our finger and erase with a wipe of our hands. I want my screens in two sizes: small enough to carry, and large enough to fill a wall.
I think that you would still want a stylus to replace the marker in this case. The stylus is actually a very good and natural extension of the hand. It would be very unnatural to be writing with a pointed finger all day. Your knuckles would get sore very quickly for one.
So if my friend comes over to my house, he can log into my PC, and all his crap, applications, pictures of his dog, his porn... that all gets dumped on my PC?
Only if an administrator on your computer has invited his account to be used on that PC.
1. I like my address bar on my windows to show the old style "C:/folder/1/2/3/another/andthefile.file"
In Windows 7 the address bar shows little triangles between folder names instead of slashes. A difference yes, but is it really that big of a difference?
2. The behavior of the 'back' button is different than the 'up' button.
Back and up are different. But instead of pressing up, you press the name of the folder you want to go to. You mention how you'll click up repeatedly to get to the directory you want to navigate to. If the up button never existed and the address bar had to click-the-folder-you-want behavior from the beginning, you'd probably revile the up button as being inefficient because it takes more clicks than clicking the folder you want.
Plus, isn't there an option to switch the UI to Windows 7 style?
That depends on how stringent you want to be with the definition of style. There's no option to revert to a full Win 7 experience, but it's similar enough that anyone whose upset about the delta will get over it once they realize there's no more point in them expending energy to be upset about it anymore. On all Win 8 computer the primary "app" is the desktop. The desktop does look a little different (no rounded corners, no glass, Ribbon in Explorer), but for all intents and purposes it functions identically.
Dude, it's been *7 years*. The standard life cycle since the Atari days was 5 years, and you haven't even ANNOUNCED a new console generation yet. And frankly, the 360 is looking a little long in the tooth.
I think they considered releasing Kinect as extending the life cycle of the console.
p>But they made a lot of money in the past through this domination. Basically, you're saying they should more or less get away with it because it no longer matters.
This case has been running a very long time.
With your suggestion, it is worth the corporation stalling for as long as possible. That way, the chances are if they can stall for 10 years or more, it won't be nearly as important.
The point is to prevent them doing it again.
The prevention only works if it is simply not worth the risk.
I would think that the purpose behind an anti trust law is to prevent the monopoly from remaining a monopoly, and thereby allow competitors a chance to offer competition. Since the market resolved the issue without government intervention it's hard to argue that there really was a monopoly, or at least monopoly abuse, in this instance. I don't think that corporations will stall in the hopes that they'll lose marketshare. That wouldn't really be a Wall Street smart plan.
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Chrome
Dolphin
Opera
Mercury
Atomic
Dingo
Besides Opera those are all skins around Safari, they are not new browsers. Opera's a little special because it's not a browser, it's more like a browser previewer where the browser actually runs on Operas servers.
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At what $ value did Motorola license these patents to other companies?
Motorola is doing this to all companies, not just Apple. They decided that after everyone started using their FRAND patents that they should charge a percentage of the end product, instead of the value of what they are actually licensing to everyone else.
But I am sure Motorola's counter of a percentage based on device cost is NOT fair.
Why is it not fair? If anything it's fairer than a fixed fee.
What Motorola is proposing is not fair because it demands that they receive more money for something which is completely unrelated to the patent. Again, why would adding more memory to the device justify paying more money for a video codec license? The video codec provides the same value regardless of the extra memory. Would it be fair if Apple sold the product minus the Motorola patents, but then had a free download that every user of the device would need to down load separately?
How would having a 2560x1600 display affect battery life over 1366x768? Given that battery life became a big issue, if it would affect battery life in hours I can see why laptop makers would have sacrificed resolution for battery life.
How do you explain something like this? Would you think with all the people Microsoft has in their employ they would assign the duty of EU Compliance Checklist Monitor to someone?
I'd be surprised if they didn't, but then he got re-orged.
I can see why SurfCasts tiles didn't take off. That's beyond ugly. Since Microsoft referenced SurfCasts patent in their patent, I suspect Microsoft determined that they were different enough to not require a licensing deal.
The Microsoft Live Tiles use data that's been curated for the purpose of a tile. SurfCasts is making little windows onto programs that have no idea their being ran in a little window.
Also, how it anything they make possibly be worse than Attack of the Clones?
By making something as good as The Phantom Menace.
I'm personally rooting for expanding into some of Timothy Zahn's books
I'd like those too, but I don't know how much I'd be accepting of new actors playing the core characters. The original actors are 25+ years too old for the parts now.
How can anyone not be pleased by this news?
I can not be pleased by it if Disney stomps all over the Extended Universe. The only chance they have with me is if the sequels happen after Han, Leia and Luke are dead, or it's 30 years later and Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill hand off most of the movie to new actors playing Jaina Solo and Ben Skywalker.
I'm sure the public is going to love figuring out if a wireless charging pad is a Qi charging pad or a PMA charging pad.
1. Use spaces instead of tabs. 2. Make your code readable by humans.
I find those two points to be in conflict with each other.
Out of curiosity, why do you prefer tabs?
Because tab is the character that's developed for indentation. So since I want to indent, I'll use the character for indentation.
The real issue for me would be having to clean the damn display of fingerprints every 5 minutes. I like a clean screen.
You know, I've never heard anyone mention that the stopped using a touch screen device because of too many fingerprints. It may not be that big of an issue once you start using one.
What I'm waiting for is a full, wall-sized replacement for the humble whiteboard, where instead of drawing with a smelly, messy dry erase marker, we just draw with our finger and erase with a wipe of our hands. I want my screens in two sizes: small enough to carry, and large enough to fill a wall.
I think that you would still want a stylus to replace the marker in this case. The stylus is actually a very good and natural extension of the hand. It would be very unnatural to be writing with a pointed finger all day. Your knuckles would get sore very quickly for one.
If having a car that files, floats and drives gets me a date with Truly Scrumptious I wouldn't mind dealing with some of the oddities.
So if my friend comes over to my house, he can log into my PC, and all his crap, applications, pictures of his dog, his porn... that all gets dumped on my PC?
Only if an administrator on your computer has invited his account to be used on that PC.
Its a shame Microsoft decided to drop Aero Glass and its usability enhancements like Aero Peek.
I don't think that Aero Peek went away.
1. I like my address bar on my windows to show the old style "C:/folder/1/2/3/another/andthefile.file"
In Windows 7 the address bar shows little triangles between folder names instead of slashes. A difference yes, but is it really that big of a difference?
2. The behavior of the 'back' button is different than the 'up' button.
Back and up are different. But instead of pressing up, you press the name of the folder you want to go to. You mention how you'll click up repeatedly to get to the directory you want to navigate to. If the up button never existed and the address bar had to click-the-folder-you-want behavior from the beginning, you'd probably revile the up button as being inefficient because it takes more clicks than clicking the folder you want.
You couldn't download your preferred email client? Nothing's forcing you to use the crap that's built in.
thank god the up directory button is back
What's the great about the up button? I find it annoying and something that takes up screen real estate?
Plus, isn't there an option to switch the UI to Windows 7 style?
That depends on how stringent you want to be with the definition of style. There's no option to revert to a full Win 7 experience, but it's similar enough that anyone whose upset about the delta will get over it once they realize there's no more point in them expending energy to be upset about it anymore. On all Win 8 computer the primary "app" is the desktop. The desktop does look a little different (no rounded corners, no glass, Ribbon in Explorer), but for all intents and purposes it functions identically.
Looks like a usability step backwards from Windows 7 to me. Am I missing something?
Perhaps looks can be deceiving...
Dude, it's been *7 years*. The standard life cycle since the Atari days was 5 years, and you haven't even ANNOUNCED a new console generation yet. And frankly, the 360 is looking a little long in the tooth.
I think they considered releasing Kinect as extending the life cycle of the console.
You're not MS's customer, you're Dell's or HP's customer.
Then Dell and HP should be the ones providing the alternate ballot box, not Microsoft.
p>But they made a lot of money in the past through this domination. Basically, you're saying they should more or less get away with it because it no longer matters.
This case has been running a very long time.
With your suggestion, it is worth the corporation stalling for as long as possible. That way, the chances are if they can stall for 10 years or more, it won't be nearly as important.
The point is to prevent them doing it again.
The prevention only works if it is simply not worth the risk.
I would think that the purpose behind an anti trust law is to prevent the monopoly from remaining a monopoly, and thereby allow competitors a chance to offer competition. Since the market resolved the issue without government intervention it's hard to argue that there really was a monopoly, or at least monopoly abuse, in this instance. I don't think that corporations will stall in the hopes that they'll lose marketshare. That wouldn't really be a Wall Street smart plan.
Can't install another browser on the iPad or iPhone?
Chrome Dolphin Opera Mercury Atomic Dingo
Besides Opera those are all skins around Safari, they are not new browsers. Opera's a little special because it's not a browser, it's more like a browser previewer where the browser actually runs on Operas servers.