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A comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over Samsung. Parent comment

Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over... by mdonahoe on Saturday August 25, 2012 @03:40AM (#4431379)
Samsung copied the iPhone. They didn't "steal" its essence and make something better.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over... by hobbyhacker on Saturday August 25, 2012 @03:41AM (#4431385)
Cheaper but otherwise the same is better.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over... by taligent on Saturday August 25, 2012 @04:02AM (#4431422)
Sure. If your world view is really narrow.

The issue with knockoffs is that they discourage medium to longer term investment in favour of a short term race to the bottom. Which is not 'better' for anyone.

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over... by coecoventures on Saturday August 25, 2012 @04:24AM (#4431462)
Exactly. Once that is gone the ability to amortize development costs over the course of a product cycle disappears. It's the tragedy of the commons.
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