Hello people! Patents aren't granted in a week. In fact it can take several years to be granted a patent, which is why so many products ship with the label "Patent Pending", which means that the company has filed for a patent, hasn't received, but isn't going to wait two or more years before shipping the product. The Apple patent that this article is referring to has absolutely nothing to do with OS X or Linux. It has to do with OS 8.5's theming ability. Perhaps you've seen the Hi-Tech, Kids Theme, or Platinum themes that were all supposed to ship with OS 8.5, well only Platinum shipped with 8.5, but Apple had already applied for the patent.
You guys have fallen for the same mistake that most of the Mac rumors sites fall for all the time. They see that a patent has been granted to Apple, read the discription and fail to realize that it is talking about old technology and think that it's some new technology that Apple's about to come out with. It's not, it's just that patents often take a couple years to be granted since there are so many people and companies applying for them these days.
So, the solution is obvious: Put ignorant readers on notice that if they persist in behaving like ignorant airheads they will be treated like ignorant airheads and will be mocked in the posts.
Sigh...You might be interested to know that Apple has been using the duck icon since before Mac OS X as well. They've been using it since OS 8.5. In other words, since 1998.
Granted it is just a stock photo, but why choose one that Apple had already been using? Are there so few good stock photos in the world that they could only use the same one as Apple? Just wondering why Microsoft has so few good ideas before someone else has already thought of them.
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Hello people! Patents aren't granted in a week. In fact it can take several years to be granted a patent, which is why so many products ship with the label "Patent Pending", which means that the company has filed for a patent, hasn't received, but isn't going to wait two or more years before shipping the product. The Apple patent that this article is referring to has absolutely nothing to do with OS X or Linux. It has to do with OS 8.5's theming ability. Perhaps you've seen the Hi-Tech, Kids Theme, or Platinum themes that were all supposed to ship with OS 8.5, well only Platinum shipped with 8.5, but Apple had already applied for the patent. You guys have fallen for the same mistake that most of the Mac rumors sites fall for all the time. They see that a patent has been granted to Apple, read the discription and fail to realize that it is talking about old technology and think that it's some new technology that Apple's about to come out with. It's not, it's just that patents often take a couple years to be granted since there are so many people and companies applying for them these days. So, the solution is obvious: Put ignorant readers on notice that if they persist in behaving like ignorant airheads they will be treated like ignorant airheads and will be mocked in the posts.
Sigh...You might be interested to know that Apple has been using the duck icon since before Mac OS X as well. They've been using it since OS 8.5. In other words, since 1998. Granted it is just a stock photo, but why choose one that Apple had already been using? Are there so few good stock photos in the world that they could only use the same one as Apple? Just wondering why Microsoft has so few good ideas before someone else has already thought of them. iklinux