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Originally Posted by Mykpfsu
I think there was some other criteria that helped make HTC the target. Yes they have a small financial base. But really that just affects how much they can give up in a court ruling against them. HTC will go all out in defense of this stupid suit and Apple had to figure that there may be a few Google lawyers at HTC's table in the courtroom as well (if not then Job's is really stupid).
Some other factors though. HTC built the N1, Google's first foray into direct sales. why not go after the company that built the flagship?
Also unlike Motorola or Palm HTC is not an American company. Yes all the phones from Palm and Motorola are made in Taiwan and HTC has an American presence, but they are a Taiwanese company first and foremost. Hence they are somewhat covered politically. With near 10% unemployment how good would it look for Apple to attack another American company?
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I don't know if I agree here, Apple's not worrying about how anything 'looks' as far as attacking another American company in this economy. Money is all that matters to a corporation of their size. Everyone here is in agreement, Android is the real target here. Last I checked Google is as American as they come. No matter how they've staged this to look, they are attacking Google/Android.
Someone else here made a post a few back that basically said they're trying to stop manufactures from supporting Android, which makes more sense, they're trying to make an example of whats to come if a manufacturer starts supporting an Open Source Archictecture on their devices, by picking on the smallest of the group that is currently producing Android phones.
I believe in my heart, Motorola was on that whiteboard, they just said "Hey, HTC is more likely to cave first which will cost us less."
I'm not calling you wrong, I just disagree, in my opinion, if Apple had to choose between image and livelyhood, image will lose every time, it's about preserving the dominance of their corporation. It's about money.