Friday, October 05, 2012

Apple vs. Samsung

Apple,

Stop being a bully. Your products are great. So are others' products. Are you so threatened by competition that you have to kill the competition?

You have a long, annoying history of this kind of nonsense. Many years ago, you stole the trashcan from Xerox and then sued Microsoft for using it too. No one owns a picture of a trashcan. Or a square icon that looks like a calendar, or a white box to package a product in.

Perhaps you should spend your money on developing products that have ALL of the features your competitors have, rather than suing them on the parts that are similar.

If Apple had made early automobiles, would you have sued other manufactures that "copied" such things as the steering wheel, turn signals, and brakes? There is a certain amount of consistency that we need in our technology so we, the consumers, can make things work. What if, God forbid, you had a patent on the wheel itself?

You arrogantly act as if you are the source of all innovation. Yet your technology is built on centuries of development by countless others.

Apple, knock it off and get back to work.

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