Did Apple really win? While the verdict says so, the battle continues...
It's also been very interesting reading the various viewpoints across the web.
Here's what I think....
Yes it's important to protect hard earned developments and technologies. Makes sense if you spend tens of millions of dollars every year.
Yes, copying is the sincerest form of flattery, but it's not ok to copy everything. Lazy, lazy and LAZY.
Samsung got off simply because they are making a fortune in profit from their endeavors, and yes they are now moving in a much more innovative direction. Is 1 billion dollars punishment? How much did they take in last quarter?
Perhaps if there were a better guideline policy or policies in place so Apple didn't have to warn Samsung as much as they did. A neutral third party so lawyers didn't make so much money.
Yes Nokia combined innovation like icons, nice cameras, etc, etc, but truthfully who enjoyed using it? Or RIM?
Apple combined many elements from many other developers of technology into one cohesive, USABLE, pleasant experience. Still does. Despite using better hardware, the Android experience still isn't as refined.
To the whiners who say innovation will be killed as a result of this verdict...huh? Short term, maybe. Where is the next great step, or are you followers more follower than you want to admit. If you can't beat them at their own game...change the game....isn't that what true innovation is supposed to promise?
Isn't that what Apple did to RIM?
Or RIM did to Palm?
Or Palm did to Motorola?
And because of Apple you got a juggernaut of a product called the smartphone, even if you use Android.
That means cheap downloads, tons of media, mobile gaming, socializing on the go, a friend in your pocket.
I sincerely hope that Samsung ups their game (innovation) and I have no doubts that they will, maybe to the chagrin of Apple when they really shift their massive collective technological resource base.
I just hope that there will always be more than two players in the game otherwise it's called a monopoly, and that's when it's bad for consumers...
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