<div>Unfortunately, the same system that encourages the invention from the aileron does not apply to visual branding, design, or interface motifs. It amazes me Apple is openly getting away with this and none of these suits are leading to a FRAND-like situation behind closed doors.<br></div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Friday, October 14, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:</p>
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Somehow I hear echos of Kinney's comment of earlier, "screaming, mine! mine! mine!" Will we ever see a day of open-hardware development on a broad scale? Or will this lead to new innovation that leaves Jobs' invention behind? The Wright brothers patented wing warping and Glenn Curtis came up with the aileron. Laws suits flew but in the end Curtiss won and eventually saw two rivals combining to form one company (Curtiss-Wright). That company endures to this day...<br>
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I have seen some initiatives on open-hardware development that were interesting. One was an engineering project on an open design for UAVs from University of Otago. Interesting stuff and a model I would like to see develop in the world of technology beyond FOSS.......signed Richard "not Stallman" Faulkner<br>
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<pre>Looks like Samsung maybe loosing ground, whose next in the Android
world? How long before this is global?
<a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/apple-samsung-australia/">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/apple-samsung-australia/</a>
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