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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by tedsuo on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:33PM (#4196295)
Well, while they might seem that way because they are a hardware company, they are incredibly aggressive in that arena. Take the bannings and attempted bannings of Motorola, HTC, and Samsung devices for example. They are definitely trying everything they can to prevent you from buying someone else's product.
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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by keithnoizu on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:58PM (#4196421)
Exactly. Apple as great as their products are, have started to resurrect the look/feel lawsuits of the 90s with their patents on trivial things such as how to unlock a phone, having a jump bar, etc.
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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by jasomill on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:55PM (#4196652)
Sure, but only because they apparently don't have enough non-bullshit, non-FRAND patents with which to play the "IP litigation counter-counter-...-counter strike" game. Apple sucks, but so does every other major player in the "mobile" industry. I could be wrong here, but no counterexamples come to mind.
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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by taligent on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @08:21PM (#4196968)
Can we stop this ridiculous revisionist history.

Slide to unlock was not a common place feature before it came out on the iPhone despite the prevalence of touch screen devices. It is hard to argue against the fact that the implementation was indeed unique at the time.

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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by fpgeek on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @11:48PM (#4197493)
If you're going to defend Apple, may I suggest that you at least pick ground that is less shaky than slide-to-unlock?

I can say just one thing and clearly demonstrate that it is your history that is revisionist: Neonode N1m

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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by kimmel on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @09:13AM (#4199270)
Star Trek had slide to unlock before Apple even made a phone. Star Trek PAD versus the iPad... hmmm
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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th... by flyinRyan on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:02AM (#4199648)
No, they're trying to stop devices they see as copies from entering the market place. They have no way of stopping competing but different things from entering the market. MS did and used it.
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