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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by RobAley on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:08AM (#4488067)
It wasn't revolutionary. It was evolutionary. There's a big difference.
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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by DrJokepu on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:33AM (#4488130)
Are these two concepts exclusive?
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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by RobAley on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:42AM (#4488155)
I think so, see my reply to rorrr above. To my mind, revolutionary = patentable, evolutionary = not so much.
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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by rorrr on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:35AM (#4488133)
Yes, one means slow change, the other means fast change.
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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by RobAley on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:41AM (#4488152)
I would rather say that one (revolution) means turning the thing on its head and (often) starting from scratch. The other (evolution) means building incrementally on whats come before.
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