Woz Calls Apple "The Good Guy" Among Large Patent Owners
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is weighing in on the difficulty of patents being leveraged by trolls and larger companies against startups.
According to Wozniak, there are "certain [technology] categories that are heavily blocked off because the big companies make sure they own it all."
In an article published by Financial Review, Wozniak noted that while the patent system is presenting challenges to new companies, there is still room to invent and entrepreneurs should be encouraged to innovate. However, he recalled his own experience with patents when he designed the Apple II computer and Apple had to pay license fees to RCA for the idea that letters could be shown as pixels on a computer screen.
"We actually wound up paying them two bucks for every computer we shipped just for that simple idea," he said. "That sort of thing is going to crop up over and over – very simple ideas that the big companies with big money are going to own, and the small guy who starts up is going to have to pay."
As far as Apple is concerned, he described the company as "the good guy on the block of all of them", simply because Apple is inventing and "creating so much".
Rephrased: I enjoy paying villians for thier evil deeds.
Dont even know how to react to this one.
And the uneducated make remarks. Please read before open mouth.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57359883-37/woz-concedes-android-advantages-over-iphone/
April 1st is gone pal.
Indeed... the ignorance and hypocrisy in the comments section is always fun and sad to read.
...and how is it, precisely, that my comment would suggest to you that I'm "uneducated". Please be specific. I don't have a Phd but I do have a Master's. ...I'm just not sure what bearing my comments have on the perception of this.
Welcome to the environment iJail and its dumbed-down fan boys has created for technology.
I realize that's an unpopular stance here in TH forums and getting off the topic of this article, but again, I speaking to what you wrote.
Actually I did, since Apple's co-founder screwed him out of the business.
I'm not familiar enough with the history to know whether or not "Woz" would agree with your perspective. I simply enjoy Apple's products. I don't pay much attention to all these lawsuit shenanigans because I haven't seen it affect me in any important way. Apple sues Samsung...Samsung suess Apple. Apple sues Google...the US sues Apple. on and on...on an on.
I have a Mac Pro, a Macbook Pro, 3 iPads (in our home), 2 iPhones (in our home) and a couple iPods. ...I also have a reasonable Wintel gaming machine. Now if these lawsuits impact my ability to purchase the tech I like then I'll feel differently, but so far that's hasn't happened and I'm kinda hoping it doesn't.
...back to "Woz" and what's relevant to this article... My comment was made because in the few times I'd heard what he has to say about Apple and their products he's glowingly positive...based on that I'd expect him to say "Apple" is the good guy. I simply don't quite believe that.
You didn't ask but....