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Re:I/O 2022 by croddin on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:04PM (#31344334)
"Picasso had a saying -- 'good artists copy; great artists steal' -- and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas." -Steve Jobs
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Re:I/O 2022 by croddin on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:15PM (#31344449)
The question is: are these companies 'copying' or 'stealing'? Hopefully they can improve on things rather than just copying.
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Re:I/O 2022 by enos_feedler on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:57PM (#31344941)
I carefully chose the word "copy" because I know this quote well. It's hard to define the difference between copy and steal but it's easy to see by example. You just feel it when you watch.
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