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I assumed this is licensed from Shipley or they had Shipley do it for them. Apple is good at covert acquisitions and partnerships. Edit - Looks like i'm wrong
by starkfist 17y ago
I assumed this is licensed from Shipley or they had Shipley do it for them. Apple is good at covert acquisitions and partnerships.
Edit - Looks like i'm wrong. (easier to edit than respond to 4 other posts)
- appathy 17y agoShipley wasn't involved. He posted some angry tweets when he first saw it.
- pmjordan 17y ago"Angry"? IIRC he said they'd clearly copied it and that he'd be pissed if they were using it in a directly competing product. He also acknowledged that there's hardly a better visual metaphor for representing a collection of books.
- superjohan 17y agoHe had a tweet earlier today explicitly saying that Apple copied him, and that he wouldn't have sued even if he'd had a patent. Seems he's removed the tweet now, though (can't find it) so you'll just have to take my word for it I guess...
- adolph 17y agoNope. In the Washington Post Shipley says that is not the case: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012704221.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01...