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I am sick and tired of the hundreds of multiple trees of comments wasted on misunderstanding plain English terms that another meaning was tacked on and the side
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
I am sick and tired of the hundreds of multiple trees of comments wasted on misunderstanding plain English terms that another meaning was tacked on and the sides that people take for words used in a casual context.
Examples:
Copyright infringement vs. Stealing
open source vs. Open Source
free software vs. Free sofware
Viruses vs. trojans
patent troll
Why can't we have a wiki or manifesto or something where we all agree on some definitions? It's funny how otherwise highly intelligent people(and programmers used to strict programming languages, no less) can't decide on one definition and resort to nitpicking.
Back to the topic:
>Indeed, you won't need them, others came with a plenty of fresh ideas: http://dewith.com/2012/its-not-just-phones/ http://dewith.com/2012/its-not-just-phones/
Please, someone put a stop with the cherry picking 'before and after' memes. Here's the Sony x505 from 2004 with the wedge shaped look.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20020535-64.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20020535-64.html
Why wasn't that included in the picture on the site?
Because it doesn't fit with the agenda they're trying to push. Not to mention that there are tons of laptops nowadays that don't look like Macbooks. So now does that mean Apple copied Sony?
Industries borrow look and feel all the time and make incremental changes all the time. E.g. the fashion industry or the car industry.
Edit: Hell, even Apple had a side project to explore how a Sony inspired iPhone design would look like. (yes, I know they didn't go to market with it and did have earlier prototypes that looked like the later iPhones but weren't Sony inspired) http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/early-iphone-prototypes-drew-inspiration-from-sony-ipod-mini/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/early-iphone-prototypes...
- kgarten 14y agoSorry, but your comparisons are a bit off. Apple might be inspired by Sony, yet innovated on top (like any good innovator does). What Samsung did are cheap copies (as well as HP and Asus for their ultrabooks). This has nothing to do with industry "inspiration" this is plain copying: http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4dadf745ccd1d5aa3f1a0000/samsung-vs-apple-icons.jpg http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4dadf745ccd1d5aa3f1... Downvote me if you want. I don't agree with what Apple does. However, if something like that would happen to me, I would be really angry. Samsungs S-Voice anybody?? Samsung is a great hardware company, yet they are cheap copy-cats when it comes to UI design /services. The patents are ridiculous (as any software patents are). This holds for anybody suing, be it Apple, Samsung, Motorola (Google), etc. Keep in mind that Apple did not start this mess. I actually believe that these lawsuits will let us get more innovation (as people need to come up with fresh designs like Nokia and Microsoft did ... and won't copy like Samsung).
- kgarten 14y agojust look at the new samsung series 5 and 7 ... "Industries borrow look and feel ..." lol http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/29/3276599/samsung-series-5-series-7-slate-windows-8 http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/29/3276599/samsung-series-5-s... seems samsung borrows a lot from just one company. Just saying.