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mishmich is offline mishmich
2011-02-27 , 21:57
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#171
Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
While that may be true; if a company knows that they're being pirated - Apple, Adobe, Windows inclusive - they're gonna have the stance of "Fine. Sooner than later, they will pay."
Did Jobs pay for the linux stuff he used in developing NeXT and OSX?
Did Gates pay off Lotus 123 or SuperCalc for Excel?
Did Gates pay Sybase for MS.SQL?
Did Gates pay Novell for the networking stack in Windows NT?
Did Gates pay WordPerfect, IBM or WordStar for Word?
Did Gates pay Harvard Graphics for PowerPoint?
Did Jobs pay Xerox Park when Apple brought out the Mac?
Did Gates pay Apple when they brought out Windows?

At least Jobs managed to pull Apple back from that.

When it is corporate and proprietary, it is called IP, even if the idea was pinched. When it is Open Source, it is called something else. The main difference is the funds available to pursue aggressive litigation that enforces acknowledgement of IP.

Mish.