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> On 25-08-11 00:14, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ 7 on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 20:38 : \____
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>>> Marti Van Lin wrote:
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>>>> On 24-08-11 19:08, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>> ____/ Marti Van Lin on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 16:38 : \____
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>>>>>> On 24-08-11 17:04, Hardon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14652482>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <quote>
>>>>>>> Samsung has been banned from selling three models of its Galaxy
>>>>>>> smartphones in a number of European countries.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The preliminary injunction was handed down by a court in the
>>>>>>> Netherlands after Apple filed a claim for patent infringement.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It claimed that Samsung had copied technology owned by Apple relating
>>>>>>> to the way photos are displayed on mobile devices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The embargo is due to come into effect in seven weeks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A district court in the Hague upheld Apple's claim concerning one
>>>>>>> specific patent - EP 2059868 - which outlines an interface for viewing
>>>>>>> and navigating photographs on a touchscreen phone.
>>>>>>> </quote>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fortunately
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [quote]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ruling does _not_ prohibit sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which
>>>>>> had been mentioned in the original lawsuit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [/quote]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a very cheap Chinese Tom-Tech WM8650 7" Tablet, running Android
>>>>>> 2.2 "Froyo" now, with a custom "Honeycomb" ROM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For Christmas I defiantly want to buy myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
>>>>>
>>>>> BBC is being a liar here.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.muktware.com/blogs/2343
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, that's a lot more accurate ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Poor Apple, they've been digging their own grave in favour of Samsung
>>>> and Android in general.
>>>
>>>
>>> And not just that, they have now unlocked the door to Android flood
>>> gates. Everyone one who never thought about making Android can start
>>> making androids because appil crocporation has custard pie thrown
>>> at them in EU courts.
>>>
>>> If I were a far east manufacturer, I'd see appil failing
>>> catastrophically as a green light to go make a huge variety of Androids
>>> and start selling them with improved features and differentiators.
>>> You can pile as much technology as you want because you know sales
>>> are going to be good for the next few years.
>>
>> Suddenly Apple reports shortages. I guess making Samsung
>> angry was not too smart. :-)
>
> They didn't make Samsung angry but the majority of "consumers". Due to
> this anticompetitive case they've lost quite some "mind-share".
> Especially amongst the iFans that use Apple "because it's _not_ Microsoft"
>
> On the Dutch website Webwereld, - which is the source of most of the
> information about this case -, everybody is almost unanimous against
> Apple and are writing stuff like "No more Apple products for me". In
> fact there is a unanimous Apple-boycott amongst the readership.
>
> And funny to see how Albert van Zonneveld (hAl, currently posting as
> "Blieb") is all of a sudden pro-Apple :-)
Proprietary software is the same camp.
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