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Re:Ten Reasons Why Steve Ballmer Should Be Fired by xirium on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @02:13PM (#215101)
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch the Microsoft Surface runs Windows Vista and costs between US$5,000 and US$10,000 and the hardware for an open source clone is between US$500 and US$1,000. You're not going to sell many Microsoft Surfaces when your local computer shop can make five times as many for the same price.
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Re:Ten Reasons Why Steve Ballmer Should Be Fired by jaycee on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @07:20PM (#215440)
Granted, and bear in mind I'm not saying the Surface is a viable product--but the assumption in the article is that Multi-Touch is Apple's, when the tech is anyone's.

That Apple has the trademark is another story, and raises (for me) questions of how trademarks are managed and issued.

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