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That sounds broad enough to cover syntax coloring in VIM and Visual Studio......
Or links on a webpage?
Or web-mail making links clickable?
Apple wins ban of HTC devices at US International Trade Commission
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Re: Apple wins ban of HTC devices at US International Trade Commission
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>The investments that go into many breakthrough products (iphone, ipad) are made with the understanding that IP protections are in place to prevent copycats from waltzing in and taking all the benefits later on. But what was the breakthrough? The iPhone and iPad are successful because of design, attention to detail, and Apple's marketing muscle. There isn't anything technically earth shattering about either product -…
The iPhone and iPad are successful because of design, attention to detail, and Apple's marketing muscle. True; however, I would argue that the marketing portion of their success comes as a result of painting each new product as a picture of revolutionary innovation. It's part of the image. Take that rouse away and you might be left with a less successful product. Simply put, Apple relies on the lie.
Well, ok, sure. But I don't see any reason the maintenance of that lie should be helped along by the patent office.
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The overall motivations of the company are irrelevant, what matters for antitrust concerns is marketshare plus using that marketshare as leverage to own other markets. Apple gets away with things like the 30% content tax on their devices because they don't have the sort of marketshare Microsoft enjoyed. In a world sans-Android and with the iPhone on all the major carriers, that would soon change. And sorry, I don't b…
> And sorry, I don't believe WebOS or WP7 would factor into the conversation even if Android died So everyone would use iPhones or dumb phones? I doubt that. There is little reason to think that is exactly what would have ended up happening if Android never had existed.
No, not everyone.
Just like not everyone ran Windows.
But, yes, I do believe that in a world without Android enough people would currently be using iPhones for it to be an antitrust matter, just as Windows was for desktop OSes in the 90s.