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By starting their "thermonuclear war" in the first place, Apple has already, practically speaking, leveled the patent system against small players. Almost by de
by fpgeek 14y ago
By starting their "thermonuclear war" in the first place, Apple has already, practically speaking, leveled the patent system against small players. Almost by definition, small players don't have bombs to respond with nor do they have sponsors interested in protecting them. How do you think they will respond to bombs flying?
Do you really think anyone is going to touch Open webOS in the US after this? Do you think Jolla even dreams of bringing MeeGo here someday? Or will they think "We're not Samsung or Google. We can't survive, let alone make money if any of the big players toss even one bomb in our direction (and they're stockpiling them now). Let's stick to China and India and other markets with saner patent policies."?
- rimantas 14y agoWho are those small players in smartphone industry? The second part of your comment is pure speculation. And let's not forget there was/is a hell of lawsuits between mobile makers, so Apple did nothing new what could scare non-existant small guys.
- fpgeek 14y agoJolla is a real Finnish company started by Nokia employees. The Open webOS platform beta was just released. For that matter here's Lenovo, just starting to expand their smartphone line beyond China, citing the difficulty in "negotiating and securing rights to use other companies’ intellectual property" as one of their secondary reasons for avoiding the US market: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/lenovo-brings-smartphone-to-indonesia-philippines-india.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/lenovo-brings-smart... And Lenovo is far from the only China-only smartphone player looking to broaden their horizons.