One week it's 'Apple products don't have features others have had for years!' The next week it's "Now they're copying everybody and there's fragmentation!" Okie doke.
Fun fact: HBO's budget for an episode of GoT is way higher than a typical TV show, and it doesn't have ads to subsidize it. All those people not paying for HBO brought in 4.9 billion dollars for HBO in 2014.
Didn't they claim to just be a carrier in order to not being held liable for what the users do with that connection? By delivering content they've created aren't they having their cake and eating it, too?
Yes that was the time- and people did. "windows" was an industry standard term to describe windowed interfaces. Microsoft successfully stole it and there was outrage in the technical community.
Oh, bull. At best there was some mild griping about it in tech circles.
You attempted to rebut his excellent example by explaining why trademarks are useful which doesn't at all refute the OP's point.
Actually it did. Regardless of what was thought about it way back when, Microsoft owns that trademark now. Take it away from them and you create market confusion, which you don't actually want no matter how much you hate Microsoft.
Anyone trying to use this extremely common words combination will have to pay royalties?
Nope.
This is way past ridiculous.
That's a symptom of your misunderstanding.
It's just like microsoft trying to trademark the word "Windows"...
That wasn't bad either. Nor was Palm, Oracle, Amazon, etc. The trick is to understand that the purpose of those laws is to prevent you from buying counterfeit goods. What's worse than buying a computer with Windows on it? Turning it on and finding out it won't even run Windows apps because their choice of OS has a Windows skin on it.
If you really did have a beef with Windows getting its trademark, the time to bring that up was long before Windows 95 came out and became a household brand.
But not Android. The entire Android design is centered around small screens, apps designed to fill entire screens, big buttons, large keyboard areas etc.
That and whatever version of Android it ships with is the one you're always going to have on it. At least that's what Samsung taught me when I bought a Galaxy Tab.
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What if you bury one coal's worth of tree for a million years?
One week it's 'Apple products don't have features others have had for years!' The next week it's "Now they're copying everybody and there's fragmentation!" Okie doke.
How do I hide the stories about a tech giant making a round of announcements on this tech site?
Bitch bitch bitch.
Glad you're alright, man.
You're why we don't have flying cars yet.
Oh don't be so dramatic. The real reason Linux is holding up flying cars is shitty drivers.
Every time I see posts like this I wonder if somebody has an AI they're trying to raise on the internet.
Earth Home To 3 Trillion Trees, Half As Many As When Human Civilization Arose
Yeah, I built too many villagers. Sorry!
How does it know what is "important" Flash content, and what isn't?
Based on the width and height that you set.
You have to have an above-average level of Apple-hate to latch on to that particular wrinkle in your panties.
Of course you are correct, but the purpose of this thread was to continue bitching about IoT so ads can be served and mod-points can be spent.
Did you stop giggling when you found out it's an e-book?
Ugh. Nerd elitism rears its ugly head for the most frivilous of things.
I chuckle when people frequenting the site that invented "RTFA" complain about other people using shorter sentences.
How many parsecs does it take for light to reach earth?
Imagine having a phone where you can update to the latest OS.
You should update your parser to support CSV.
Fun fact: HBO's budget for an episode of GoT is way higher than a typical TV show, and it doesn't have ads to subsidize it. All those people not paying for HBO brought in 4.9 billion dollars for HBO in 2014.
So was CyanogenMod, until Microsoft got in bed with them.
I'm able to upgrade my computer to Windows 10 without Dell's permission. Until you can do that with Android phones the complaining shall continue.
Nobody who has done Android development is surprised to hear this.
Go to Youtube and look up "vanossgaming" some time.
Didn't they claim to just be a carrier in order to not being held liable for what the users do with that connection? By delivering content they've created aren't they having their cake and eating it, too?
Yes that was the time- and people did.
"windows" was an industry standard term to describe windowed interfaces. Microsoft successfully stole it and there was outrage in the technical community.
Oh, bull. At best there was some mild griping about it in tech circles.
You attempted to rebut his excellent example by explaining why trademarks are useful which doesn't at all refute the OP's point.
Actually it did. Regardless of what was thought about it way back when, Microsoft owns that trademark now. Take it away from them and you create market confusion, which you don't actually want no matter how much you hate Microsoft.
Anyone trying to use this extremely common words combination will have to pay royalties?
Nope.
This is way past ridiculous.
That's a symptom of your misunderstanding.
It's just like microsoft trying to trademark the word "Windows"...
That wasn't bad either. Nor was Palm, Oracle, Amazon, etc. The trick is to understand that the purpose of those laws is to prevent you from buying counterfeit goods. What's worse than buying a computer with Windows on it? Turning it on and finding out it won't even run Windows apps because their choice of OS has a Windows skin on it.
If you really did have a beef with Windows getting its trademark, the time to bring that up was long before Windows 95 came out and became a household brand.
But not Android. The entire Android design is centered around small screens, apps designed to fill entire screens, big buttons, large keyboard areas etc.
That and whatever version of Android it ships with is the one you're always going to have on it. At least that's what Samsung taught me when I bought a Galaxy Tab.