I'm sure to be smacked for this, but I think Microsoft might be a winner in all this. Windows 8 and it's mobile version are very different from iOS and it's available. If Android runs into patent issues, Win 8 is the obvious alternative.
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Boris Liberman >> >> On 8/25/2012 8:43 PM, Bob W wrote: >> > Google, the Big Man? Apple's the biggest company in the world at the >> moment. >> > >> > B >> >> Let me rephrase, your honour. Google - the big man of Android >> ecosystem. >> Hasn't Apple set out on a lawful crusade (pun intended) to wipe off and >> out the Android infidels? > > I doubt it. I don't think Apple gives a shit about Android. Apple is a > hardware company and is doing what it can to reduce competition in the > hardware market. > > If I were competing against Apple I don't think I'd try to steal their > patents, I think I'd try to steal their designers. Now that Jobs is dead I > expect Apple to turn into IBM / Microsoft quite quickly, and probably to > lose their cool status, as they did when Jobs disappeared before. They'll > change from a company which makes products, to a company which chases > 'shareholder value'. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
