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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by jfoutz on Friday October 05, 2012 @01:11PM (#4617715)
I think, I exemplify what you find fickle. In my humble opinion, Apple does a lot of stuff. Jobs would filter out the ugly and stupid, so Apple appeared a lot cooler than some random fortune 500 company.

I'm skeptical of Apple ever regaining a filter like that. I think, they'll lumber around for a few years while their products lose mystique. It's not that their products are much different than android, it's that Apple will lose its super cool image by doing things like suing samsung.

Mr Jobs put a great image on the company. In an age where dell would make you sit on hold for hours, then do a dance where you replace certain parts, Apple would just send you a new one. Being hassle free in an age of hassle is just one example.

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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by sparkplug on Friday October 05, 2012 @03:17PM (#4618250)
Suing Samsung was Jobs' legacy. He was planning to do it himself if he lived long enough. He was incredibly petty, especially for an intellectual property thief.
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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by twoodfin on Friday October 05, 2012 @06:07PM (#4618886)
What notable IP did Jobs steal? You don't mean the Xerox PARC stuff, I hope.
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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by JBiserkov on Saturday October 06, 2012 @06:57AM (#4620258)
"We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."

Triumph of the Nerds (1996)

source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by twoodfin on Saturday October 06, 2012 @11:19AM (#4620730)
As everyone around here likes to quote endlessly: You can't patent an idea. What notable intellectual property did Jobs the "thief" steal?
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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by gouggoug on Sunday October 07, 2012 @12:07AM (#4622564)
Same goes for the Samsung lawsuit. What notable intellectual property did Samsung the "thief" steal?
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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by sbuk on Sunday October 07, 2012 @10:10AM (#4623348)
Give it a rest.
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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by c141charlie on Saturday October 06, 2012 @09:51AM (#4620505)
I don't know what Apple stole/didn't steal. But do you remember what the number 1 selling phone was before the iPhone? According to Wikipedia it was a Nokia 1200. I had a Motorola Razr.

Jobs and Apple were a decade ahead of their competition.

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