Technically, it'd only be fair, if Samsung won that, but still - it's really childish. "Mommy, my brother broke my toy, break his toy, too!"
I detest Apple and own a Samsung Galaxy S2 myself, but really, Samsung, man up and don't go there. At least not for now. Let Apple try and sue you another time, then strike back. This crap needs to stop.
On a completely unrelated note - is there a way, I can patent "The use of charged, sub-atomic particles, for example electrons, for the transportation of information and/or energy"?
Aye, I'm not saying, it isn't a possibility, but at the same time, I also doubt, every OEM will join in happily, because the only thing, that'll happen, will be "those computer people" telling the technically illiterate to avoid #OEM because they lock down their systems. For reference, see Apple losing customers to Android (and Win Phone 7 *cough*... nevermind that), because locking down your system = not cool.
So I guess, it'd be a self-regulating system to some degree (Also, if Win 8 with its Metro GUI stays as it is now, most people won't bother and simply skip it, because it's just no desktop OS; though of course, the lockdown possibilities will still persist for future OSs - though, not only Windows).
Also, I remotely remember reading or hearing something about Microsoft also trying to find a way to let people dual-boot, which also wouldn't surprise me, because they should know, that not everyone's going to jump on their lockdown-bandwagon.
"How manufacturers/retailers Can Lock non-stock-OSs Off PCs, that are sold with UEFI"
But because this is/., this is OBVIOUSLEH!!!11 Microsofts fault, because they're requiring UEFI, thereby driving forward actual use of it, because at the moment, the majority of PCs still has a BIOS.
But god beware, if TEH EVIL MS actually supports something new! How could they?! They're Microsoft, so there has to be something evil about it, even if you've got to pull your reasoning straight out of your buttocks.
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Technically, it'd only be fair, if Samsung won that, but still - it's really childish. "Mommy, my brother broke my toy, break his toy, too!"
I detest Apple and own a Samsung Galaxy S2 myself, but really, Samsung, man up and don't go there. At least not for now. Let Apple try and sue you another time, then strike back. This crap needs to stop.
On a completely unrelated note - is there a way, I can patent "The use of charged, sub-atomic particles, for example electrons, for the transportation of information and/or energy"?
Aye, I'm not saying, it isn't a possibility, but at the same time, I also doubt, every OEM will join in happily, because the only thing, that'll happen, will be "those computer people" telling the technically illiterate to avoid #OEM because they lock down their systems. For reference, see Apple losing customers to Android (and Win Phone 7 *cough* ... nevermind that), because locking down your system = not cool.
So I guess, it'd be a self-regulating system to some degree (Also, if Win 8 with its Metro GUI stays as it is now, most people won't bother and simply skip it, because it's just no desktop OS; though of course, the lockdown possibilities will still persist for future OSs - though, not only Windows).
Also, I remotely remember reading or hearing something about Microsoft also trying to find a way to let people dual-boot, which also wouldn't surprise me, because they should know, that not everyone's going to jump on their lockdown-bandwagon.
"How manufacturers/retailers Can Lock non-stock-OSs Off PCs, that are sold with UEFI" But because this is /., this is OBVIOUSLEH!!!11 Microsofts fault, because they're requiring UEFI, thereby driving forward actual use of it, because at the moment, the majority of PCs still has a BIOS.
But god beware, if TEH EVIL MS actually supports something new! How could they?! They're Microsoft, so there has to be something evil about it, even if you've got to pull your reasoning straight out of your buttocks.
... irony meters all over the world just blew up.