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I find it quite amusing about how the Android fanboys are reacting to the current “patent wars” among the big tech companies. Poor Google, that little, helpless small company that can’t defend itself… Oh, wait.
Well, if we should feel pity for anyone (and I don’t think we should), it would be Apple, who’s being sued by far more companies. Just take a look at this handy “who’s suing whom” chart and count the number of companies suing Google. Hmmm…
I tend to agree with the advice given by Michael Mace in the linked blog post:
If it bothers you, stop reading the news stories about it. Or sit back and enjoy it as theatre. It’s hardly an important enough issue to justify stripping the patent protection from every small software company in the US.
Though I still dream of the day when companies will focus more of their energies on innovation instead of blatantly copying what Apple does. Yeah, Apple has awesome products, but I’m pretty sure others are capable of awesomeness as well. After all, even Microsoft managed to be innovative with Windows Phone 7 (even though it isn’t selling that well - yet?).
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