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I'm sure that on balance Apple and their ilk like patents, because they only have to compete and cooperate with their peers. No skin off their back if a little
by nonamegiven 14y ago
I'm sure that on balance Apple and their ilk like patents, because they only have to compete and cooperate with their peers. No skin off their back if a little guy gets sued for infringement, that just means one less potential threat sneaking into their realm. Upstarts are dangerously disruptive to incumbents.
- shmerl 14y agoI was contrasting what the previous poster wrote to some really useful things. And useful here means benefiting everyone around. Opening up widespread video codecs would be just that. But Apple being known for aiming for exactly the opposite won't spend on that of course :)