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Originally Posted by bbrosen
So who to hate next.....first it was Ibm, then Ms now it is Apple....who do we hate next? Google? Htc? Motorola?
Apple is just a company, started out in Jobs' garage. Google started out small too, two kids in college I believe. At what point does a company become evil? How many emplyees must they have? How much money? How many patents?
Google would be doing the same if the tables were reversed, I promise you. You think google and htc do not have patents? You think hey would not defend them? Really?
If you dont like the laws, change them , get involved with your government.
No one said a word a few years ago when these were filed, now all of a sudden evryone wants to challange Apple for this. Apple had the foresight, Google, Htc etc did not.
This case happwns to be apple, but it could be anyone and as long as it is legal i will defend them.
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I'll take a stab at this, all the companies you mentioned, yes, started small, and were basically a bunch of nobodies, trying to create something that would change the future, whether it be a OS, advanced search engine, or advanced computer hardware. None-the-less, these companies started and were able to succeed because they had the freedom to do so. Let's use google for an example.
Yahoo didn't sue Google for search engine patent enfringment as if they're the only company in the world allowed to create a web search engine. they let them compete, because that's how our markets create competition, it's called "a free market". Now you ask why is Apple Evil, along with Microsoft and the others? Who the hell is Apple to believe they can sue somebody for using a icon on their touch device to unlock it? That technology has been around long before iphone. You see they're evil when they block someone else from having success because they're greedy. Nokia didn't sue apple for stealing things they developed. In my opinion, Apple used to stand for freedom to bring great ideas to market, they've now flushed that and joined the ranks of Microsoft for being a greedy corporate joke. Bottom line, they sat on the iphone, let development slip and got fat pockets, now that the rest of the world is catching up, they're panicing. Screw Apple!