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A lot of software patents are bogus but honestly, a lot of what Apple has done with multitouch is genuinely innovative and I can understand why Jobs would be of
by statictype 15y ago
A lot of software patents are bogus but honestly, a lot of what Apple has done with multitouch is genuinely innovative and I can understand why Jobs would be offended that others are copying their ideas.
Hell, we might actually have seen more innovation in the mobile space if competitors weren't so quick to copy what Apple has done.
Having said that, it's also hypocritical to an extent for Steve Jobs to complain about stealing good ideas. I'm sure everyone here has read the folklore.org bit about Bill Gates telling Jobs that they both stole from their neighbor...
- felipemnoa 15y agoExcept that Jobs paid his neighbor to use his ideas (in stocks) and Gates then stole from Jobs.
- billmcneale 15y agoHow much do you think Apple paid Android for the shade-style notifications that appeared in iOS 5? Or push notifications?
- redthrowaway 15y agoLink: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=A_Rich_Neighbor_Named_Xerox.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=A_Rich_Neighbor_N...
- wnight 15y agoWe should ask Wozniak how much of the Apple2 he copied from other devices (or built based on what he learned from other devices). And thus how much of Apple's current value is based on copying ideas from other companies. (Xerox!) If Jobs wasn't fantastically rich his attitude would plainly be hypocritical and antisocial.