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Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by signa11 » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:52 AM UTC

ctide wrote: post #7

If you didn't think the patent system was fucked up before, you sure as fuck should know now.

if you don't mind may you please elaborate on the above post in the context of this headline ? thank you !

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:56 AM UTC

ctide wrote: post #7

If you didn't think the patent system was fucked up before, you sure as fuck should know now.

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Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by bane » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:56 AM UTC

So is this Color, soon to be seen in the iPhone 5s?

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by unreal37 » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

I for one am shocked that The Next Web seems to have done some original reporting here, and not just copying someone else's blog post word for word.[1]

Unless of course the original source blog post for this can be found somewhere...

[1]http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/05/14/next-web-dirtbag...

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by jpdoctor » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

mukaiji wrote: post #9

My HN timeline for today: (morning) "Color to be shutting down" (afternoon) "Color IS NOT shutting down" (evening) "Color is acquired by Apple" wtf just happened.

Someone on the board of Apple is a limited partner of investors in Color?

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by hrabago » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

signa11 wrote: post #11

ctide wrote: post #7

If you didn't think the patent system was fucked up before, you sure as fuck should know now.

if you don't mind may you please elaborate on the above post in the context of this headline ? thank you !

Because the report says Apple's interest may be in Color's patents.

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by bradsmithinc » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

Apocryphon wrote: post #8

When has there ever been a wild (non-obvious) Apple acquisition rumor that was substantiated?

Siri and Chomp both come to mind. So does LaLa.

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by notJim » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 2:59 AM UTC

mukaiji wrote: post #9

My HN timeline for today: (morning) "Color to be shutting down" (afternoon) "Color IS NOT shutting down" (evening) "Color is acquired by Apple" wtf just happened.

That timeline actually gives you a really good description of "what just happened", and for several values of "just." :D

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by lifeformed » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 3:01 AM UTC

mukaiji wrote: post #9

My HN timeline for today: (morning) "Color to be shutting down" (afternoon) "Color IS NOT shutting down" (evening) "Color is acquired by Apple" wtf just happened.

(midnight) "Color to acquire Apple"

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Post by ChuckMcM » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 3:02 AM UTC

mukaiji wrote: post #9

My HN timeline for today: (morning) "Color to be shutting down" (afternoon) "Color IS NOT shutting down" (evening) "Color is acquired by Apple" wtf just happened.

To answer the question: "wtf just happened."

If you have ever seen the TV show "House" [1] its the part where each doctor makes a different diagnosis and Dr. House keeps trying to fit all the pieces together to get to the real issue.

Clearly Color is in a state of transition, I know of no company with an absent CEO, and no COO, that are stable. The tech "press" is in a feeding frenzy trying to be the first to 'diagnose' the cause and the eventual effect. Apparently its a solid bullet point in one's blogume' to say "I broke the story."

[1] The TV series House as written up by Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)