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Originally Posted by woodraskam
Who would've thought we'd see the day where Apple would become more evil than Microsoft.
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People get scared and become desperate. Technology patents, especially those that are software related, are very difficult to enforce. If you ask me, there should be no such thing as software patents. They drive competition and force all parties to up the ante and continuously improve their product.
Take Microsoft Office and Open Office for example. Do you see Bill Gates crying to the press that they cant sit around and let people steal their idea?? Nope. Nothing can be done. You cannot truly patent an idea. No one from HTC went over to Apple and stole their code. What they have created is in fact their own creation. I am very curious too see how this plays out. I would have to put my money on HTC. At least for all the software related issues that Apple is crying about. If it were ruled that nobody can have an unlock screen due to Apples patent then I would be more than shocked. It simply wont happen.