Google, Motorola Must Give Android Data to Apple

[watcha]

To be clear - the information Apple is legally entitled to accessing is nothing to do with Android source code. Come on guys, Android is 'open source' - so in theory anybody can access that anyway.

It's to do mainly with the merger between Google and Motorola.

 

[molo9000]

[citation][nom]Borisblade7[/nom]Apple tries to pretend they invented everything, they are like al gore and the internet. They didnt invent tablets or smart phones, or voice recognition, or touch displays or pretty much anything. They just did better on the software end for getting people to join their sad cult. [/citation]
Karl Benz didn't invent the gasoline engine or the wheel and he wasn't even close being the first to put an engine in a wheeled vehicle and yet he is the first to built a truly practical horseless carriage.
Innovation isn't always about radical new technology. It's also about applying existing technology to solve unsolved problems.

[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Especially Apple history of stealing opensource and turning it into forpay.[/citation]
Taking open source software, developing it further and keeping it open source is not stealing. The BSD licence would allow Apple to make OS X completely closed source and yet they don't.

 

[anony2004]

Curse you Apple, curse you...

 

[coreym72]

As the Iron Sheik would say... Fawk the Steve Jobs! Apple can go fawk themselves! Piss off!

 

[halcyon]

Oh Apple, why? Why for the love of all that's good? Why?

 

[Guest]

How much did Apple donate to Obama to get this kind of purchased justice from the "Justice Department?

 

[invlem]

Suing the competition, unfortunately, has become common place in the tech industry. If any company makes a move that potentially elevates them slightly those affected throw a legion of lawyers at them....

Unfortunately this also slows development and overall progression of technology since any new innovations have to wade through a swath of legal suits.

Its an industry ripe for the picking if one has the right legal team.

You don't even have to be a tech firm as we have all seen to get some coin, NTP, basically a firm made up of patent lawyers got 600m+ from RIM, we all know (and hate) Rambus.

Unless you have deep pockets, good luck surviving in today's market place. If you're lucky you get bought out, if you're not you'll get sued into bankruptcy.

 

[maga]

dammit * i f*cked in the exam today and now this .
THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!!!!!!!

 

[olaf]

apeal time ...

 

[eddieroolz]

Well, at least Google seems to accept the request. They must have something up their sleeve that could potentially help Motorola's case.

 

[scuba dave]

[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]Android itself is better than iOS, thats a given.[/citation]

Oh god... Not that hogwash again.. Let's stick to facts, and not opinions stated as if they were facts please..

Apple wanting more information regarding the merger, is hardly an issue. It's not like they are asking for bank account info, and credit card numbers. And as for Android, the source code is freely available.. The only benefit this could have for Apple is if they found further infringement. In other words.. Not an issue, unless Motorola has skeletons.

 

[ram1009]

I hope the end game here is for the public to see Apple for what they really are. Does anybody remember the company who recently tried to patent the wheel? Was that Apple or Rambus?

 

[digitalrazoe]

Sounds like I will be moving to ubuntu for Smartphones once they work the bugs out... ( pitty.. kinda like Android.. But I don't like the company political BS that is going on...)

 

[hoof_hearted]

Seems Apple has this judge bought and paid for. I wonder what they are giving him behind the scenes?

 

[phate]

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYCsnBdLzgI

This is how I see it going...

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]watcha[/nom]It's to do mainly with the merger between Google and Motorola.[/citation]
It is entirely to do with, that's the point, why is it any business of Apples?
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Surely the arguement is "We want to legally interfere with this merger because them working together will produce a negative result on our own market share"
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So why isn't this being looked at by the DOJ and the MMC?

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]It is entirely to do with, that's the point, why is it any business of Apples?...Surely the arguement is "We want to legally interfere with this merger because them working together will produce a negative result on our own market share"...So why isn't this being looked at by the DOJ and the MMC?[/citation]

The court obviously thinks that it's relevant to the case, or they wouldn't force Google to reveal the information.

As for the specific information requested and why it's relevant, they haven't released the details of that but I'm sure it will come out in the long run. It's not about Apple interfering with the merger, it's about the fact that the merger may have some legal implications in the court case in question.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]hoof_hearted[/nom]Seems Apple has this judge bought and paid for. I wonder what they are giving him behind the scenes?[/citation]

Someone doesn't need to be paid to make a seemingly bad decision. Maybe the judge decided in favor of Apple without monetary incentive. Of course maybe not, but we shouldn't assume one way or the other without actual evidence supporting the claim.

Moving on, why is it that Apple thinks they can just screw everyone over for their own goals? Apple is a large company, not some school yard bully, they should act in accordance. Of course, when "in accordance" to acting like most other large companies means what it now implies, then they should act better than the other large companies instead of trying to out-do them for the most unethical business practices award.

I find it very humorous that the actions of most companies are easily compared to the petty crap like school bullying. We know that such bullying is wrong and do stuff about it, but once it's blown even further out of proportion, it's simply allowed by our corrupt legal systems? I don't know about you guys, but it's usally the petty stuff that is ignored in kids and the big problems that go punished instead of punishing the most petty and insignificant things whilst letting the worst offender get away without even a slap on the wrist.

 

[halcyon]

Unfortunately, I really enjoy Apple products. I don't care for a lot of their business tactics.

 

[izajasz]

Apple is a pathetic company. Sue everybody isntead of makeing something really new and great and with possiblity to connect with other devices and PC with micro usb not onyl with mac and itunes... I hate Apple, they act like spiled brats.