SOME unnamed reader privately expressed concerns regarding our posts about a deceased CEO. But it is not about his death, it is about what he did beforehand. He promised a war against Android/Linux, willing to invest $40 billion in this war. We cannot just simply ignore this. We're not some PR entity (to whom reality distortion is the business model), our goal is to explain the harsh truth even if it warrants a bunch of screaming trolls and inconvenient (in the short term) backlash.
The extent of the issue is unknown. Apple has not commented publicly on the problem and company representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
Jobs defiantly refused to cross-license Apple’s patents, even for free, as companies with large patent portfolios typically do to avoid costly legal battles.
Steve Jobs idolized Hewlett-Packard cofounders Bill and Dave, but he never adopted their humble ethic of crediting visionary innovation to standing on the shoulders of giants.
The garage in Palo Alto where Hewlett and Packard began their company
Comments
Michael
2011-11-01 20:16:24
FUD: Oh, give it a break. You already admitted you attack Apple based on "envy". Your word: "envy". And it is FUD to say Apple started the war when you have shown no such thing.
Jobs clearly felt that Android was doing wrong in copying iOS. You seem to disagree. I have seen no evidence one way or the other to show if Android did or did not cross the like from being inspired by the competition to outright copying.