Apple Patent Claim Threatens To Block Or Delay W3C 332
Kelson writes "The W3C Widget specification is running into a problem: Apple claims a patent on automatic updates and is unwilling to license it royalty-free in the event that it impacts the spec. The W3C is investigating to determine whether the spec includes anything covered by the patent, and decide what to do."
Oh, Apple (Score:5, Funny)
I hope this is a legitimate claim, or I'll have to start hating you, too.
Re:Oh, Apple (Score:4, Funny)
How dare you! (Score:0, Funny)
How dare you mean spirited people use Apple patented stuff because you do not know how to use it properly unlike the insanely great people at Cupertino
I'm confused (Score:1, Funny)
Are we hating Apple today or loving them?
Re:and in a manner that is completely transparent (Score:4, Funny)
"Apple claims a patent on a stealth method."
Microsoft already own the portfolio on this nonsense!
Re:Bunch of hypocrites (Score:5, Funny)
No kidding: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.apple.com/about/w3c/ [w3.org]
Re:I'm confused (Score:1, Funny)
"I suggest you find a religious site."
Like, lets say, Slashdot?
Will W3C strike back? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:and in a manner that is completely transparent (Score:5, Funny)
I think whoever wrote the first computer worm should sue apple
How apt that a worm would ruin an apple. :)
Re:I'm confused (Score:5, Funny)
But a stylish, tasteful inferiority complex. You don't see Steve Jobs with sweaty underarms, do you?
Re:and in a manner that is completely transparent (Score:4, Funny)
I though Reboots were part of Windows Primary Function.
Re:And do it fast enough for the user not to notic (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And do it fast enough for the user not to notic (Score:2, Funny)
Or for applications that are slow and unresponsive all the time.
**insert Vista joke here**
Re:Oh, Apple (Score:3, Funny)
Don't worry, the W3C takes over a decade to get a spec into a Recommendation ... by that time all the grey beards will have died off and this will have been surpassed by The Next Great Thing.
Re:Oh, Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh, Apple (Score:3, Funny)
Apple: We do Evil with Style*
*: Available in high gloss black, white and limited edition brushed aluminum.
Apple says: "OK, we're evil" (Score:4, Funny)
After bricking unlocked iPhones, kicking applications off the iPhone store that might even slightly compete with iTunes in the far future, and filing a wave of patents on basic well-known computer science, Apple Inc. today filed a 10-Q with the Securities Exchange Commission declaring that it was openly adopting Evil(tm) [today.com] as a corporate policy.
"Fuck it," said Steve Jobs to an audience of soul-mortgaged thralls, "we're evil. But our stuff is sooo good. You'll keep taking our abuse. You love it, you worm. Because our stuff is great. It's shiny and it works. It's not like you'll go back to a Windows Mobile phone. Ha! Ha!Ã
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft was incensed at the news. "Our evil is better than anyone's evil! No-one sweats the details of evil like Microsoft! Where's your antitrust trial, you polo-necked bozo? We've worked hard on our evil! Our Zune's as evil as an iPod any day! I won't let my kids use a lesser evil! We're going to do an ad about that! I'll be in it! With Jerry Seinfeld! Beat that! Asshole."
Sergey Brin of Google said, "Of course, we're still not evil. You can trust us on this. Every bit of data about you, your life and the house you live in is strictly a secret between you and our marketing department. But, hypothetically, if we were evil, it's not like you're going to use Windows Live Search. Ha! Ha! I'm sorry, that's my 'spreading good cheer' laugh. Really."
Re:Oh, Apple (Score:2, Funny)
Apple: We do Evil with Style
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