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> it could make the whole project less expensive I'm sure a company that's richer than many countries is really, really concerned about the cost of developmen
by rodgerd 12y ago
> it could make the whole project less expensive
I'm sure a company that's richer than many countries is really, really concerned about the cost of development.
The benefit of making sure no-one else can benefit from the technology, on the other hand...
- josephagoss 12y agoIs it worth it for Apple to deny the industry a cutting edge database with the only cost being a single day's profits or less? Of course it is. And you're spot on about the cost of development. I'd imagine 12 - 48 hours of profits from Apple would be enough to fund its database R&D for the next 10 years.