Apple Reportedly Licences Design Patents to Microsoft

[marcolorenzo]

And just for the record, I don't use any Apple products. I use a PC and my phone is from HTC. Speaking of which, now here's a great company that knows how to design a great looking phone without resembling anything like the iPhone. It's not rocket science Samsung!

 

[jaquith]

[citation][nom]gregs101[/nom]''USA developed the Internet'' - The internet is a British invention numbnut. Didn't you watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics where the very man (Tim Berners-Lee) was honoured for his creation?[/citation]
Moron, in 1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented a network-based implementation of the hypertext concept; (HTTP) client. Don't confuse WWW with the Internet. Further, without the Internet TimBL would have invented nothing.

Back in the 50's the Internet was developed by Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), and the Internet went online in 1969 to the renamed Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

Later in 1975 (TCP/IP) was invented by Bob Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf.

 

[SmaugTD]

these patent wars have really gotten out of hand.
I dream of a world where all patents are revoked...

 

[jaquith]

[citation][nom]SmaugTD[/nom]these patent wars have really gotten out of hand. I dream of a world where all patents are revoked...[/citation]
Then why bother inventing anything? Innovation because it's driven my the lust for money would come to a standstill. I love the ideal world in Star Trek but we're nowhere close to that fantasy world.