Filip Novotny "I'm willing to start a thermonuclear war because of Android," Steve Jobs said a few years ago. Apple's conflict with Google, and by extension Android, was in its infancy and it didn't take long for the first of a series of lawsuits to emerge. In the most famous one, a court ordered Samsung to pay Apple more than a billion dollars. Meanwhile, Tim Cook let it be known that he does not want to continue the raging war, but at the moment it seems rather the opposite. The Californian company has teamed up with Microsoft, Sony, BlackBerry et al. and through Rockstar is suing Google and a number of Android phone manufacturers.
It all started with the collapse of a large company. Canadian telecommunications firm Nortel went bankrupt in 2009 and was forced to sell its most valuable holdings - more than 6 technology patents. Their content included strategically important innovations in the field of 000G networks, VoIP communications, semiconductor design and web search engines. Therefore, a number of technology corporations tried to acquire the package of patents that Nortel auctioned.
However, some of them seem to have somewhat underestimated the situation. How else to explain that Google "joked" mathematically with the amount of bids several times in the auction? From $1 (Bruno's constant) to $902 (Meissel-Mertens constant) to $160 billion (π). Google gradually reached the figure of 540 billion dollars, which, however, was not enough to obtain patents.
They were overtaken by a tenth of a billion by an organization called the Rockstar Consortium. This is a community of large companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Sony, BlackBerry or Ericsson, which has a single goal - to be a counterweight to the block around the Android platform. The members of the consortium were aware of the importance of the given patents, so they did not hesitate to use considerable funds. As a result, it can be much more than the mentioned 4,5 billion dollars.
Google, on the other hand, somewhat underestimated the seriousness of the situation and offered too little money for the patents, even though finances certainly could not be a problem. Immediately, the advertising giant realized its fatal mistake and began to confuse. However, hesitating about Nortel ended up costing him a lot of money. Larry Page decided to respond to Rockstar's strategic advantage by buying Motorola Mobility for $12,5 billion. Then on the company's blog he said: "Companies like Microsoft and Apple team up to launch patent attacks on Android." The acquisition of Motorola was supposed to protect Google against these "unfair" attacks.
It seems like a rather desperate move, but it was probably necessary (unless a better alternative could be found). Rockstar Consortium filed a lawsuit against Asustek, HTC, Huawei, LG Electronics, Pantech, Samsung, ZTE and Google on Halloween. It will be dealt with by the court of the Eastern District of Texas, which has long been favorable to plaintiffs in patent matters.
At the same time, Rockstar will use a total of six patents related to Internet search directly against Google. The oldest of them dates back to 1997 and describes "an advertising machine that serves an advertisement to a user searching for certain information within a data network." This is a major problem for Google - at least 95% of its revenue comes from advertising. And secondly, Google was founded in 1998.
Some representatives of the media and professional public see members of the Rockstar consortium as aggressive enemies of the free market, who will not miss a single opportunity to attack Android. "Apple and Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves, signing up for a completely shameless attack by a patent troll - disgusting," he tweets David Heinemeier Hansson (creator of Ruby on Rails). "When Apple and Microsoft failed to succeed in the market, they are trying to fight the competition in court," writes indiscriminately VentureBeat. "It's basically trolling on a corporate level," summarizes Ars Technica article.
Two questions suffice to answer this criticism.
First, what would Google have done with the newly acquired arsenal of patents if it had not underestimated the key auction? It is hard to believe that he would not try to use it to disadvantage his opponents. This is what he has been trying to do for a long time sees lawsuits against Apple around the world. In Germany, for example, Motorola (and therefore Google) succeeded in preventing Apple customers from using some of the features of the iCloud service for 18 months. Although this ban no longer applies, legal disputes with Apple and Microsoft continue.
Second, how can we selectively say that patents are bad in the hands of Apple? How right points out John Gruber, it certainly cannot be said that Google has behaved in any way exemplary as the other party to the patent dispute. In September, he even had to in connection with the lawsuit against Microsoft pay a fine of 14,5 million dollars for the abuse of the so-called FRAND patents. These are technologies so fundamental and necessary for market development that technology companies must license them fairly to others. Google refused this and demanded an unrealistic fee of 2,25% of sales (approx. 4 billion dollars per year) for licensing Xbox patents. It is therefore impossible to operate under the assumption that Google is not aggressive and is always in the right.
Opponents of technology patents may argue that the practices used today in the fight against competition are not correct and should be abandoned. They may seek to end lengthy litigation. But they must do so on a flat basis, not selectively. Big companies will always go as far as the market will allow them - be it Apple, Microsoft or Google. If the public agrees that change is needed, it must be systemic.
I would cancel the smejd Google Android completely, 4 core processors + 2 GB Ram and it still sucks, it is not smooth and not tuned like crazy, so even if you put 8 cores and 32 GB Ram it will still be SHIT and a reasonable person knows that, a person who at least once held an iPhone .My friend has an SS4 and I still have a 4S, not only does it hold and act like a toy in the hand, a daily restart is necessary even with the (bloated) model :( My iPhone has been in standby mode since forever ;)
Cancel android
And even the iPad Mini, which is now biting for life, I would cancel completely :-)
And you have an iPad mini? And do you like it? Or is it some kind of gibberish that you blurted out because you don't like Apple? :D
Compared to other Android tablets, the iPad mini is a bloated machine (mainly SW). But I have to say that every day needs a reboot.
I don't see, we have two at home and I have restarted them a maximum of 2 times in almost a year.
That's not true either. I restart only when upgrading and it is not necessary at other times.
They could recognize my complaint :)
As for trolling? He didn't send…
and you already held an android in your hand? :) this year I own several androids, BB Z10 and even "your" ip4S. I guarantee you that ios is the stupidest of these systems ;) nonsense about lags and restarts could stop entertaining you...
yes, hold on and the power itself (children's toys) and I don't care if you enjoy waiting for the page to load and restarting every day :D ok
android has several times more functions and options than ios, in years of use my phone has never restarted...
page loading?! watch a couple of videos on YouTube where phones are compared and you will find that such arguments have no basis.
yes, the videos are nice, but how about watching one where both devices are running for a while, you need a test after half a day of use ;) a cleanly started system will be fine anyway ;) and the fact that you don't restart it is your business, if you don't mind ..And what functions are you talking about? About stealing apps, music, etc..? I understand :D
It is precisely because of these limited views that all apple users are pigeonholed as "Ioves". Personally, I have an iphone 5c, but I understand that the limitations of ios do not suit some people - constantly brandishing some "app theft" is an argument worthy of a retarded individual. The bare fact remains that a droid in capable hands can handle many times more than an ios (if we are not talking about JB devices). Regardless of the possibility of 100% customization of the system. I don't appreciate it - but I respect when someone does. Not everyone likes to listen to dictates from higher ups -> "The four-inch display is ideal, the icons are great and the price is reasonable." I completely understand if Apple's approach doesn't go down the nose of some users. I think that users whose only argument remains "the iPhone is the best and you're a sock for not having it:D:D:D:D" should rather not participate in the discussion at all.
yes and your opinion is the best, please don't judge people, donkey
ps-iPhone 5C :D
ibéé, ibéé.. why should I buy a phone that I absolutely do not like in terms of design and find it incredibly boring (5s), when I can buy a much more interesting device for me (5c)? And no, the price doesn't really matter, I don't mind paying an extra 2k. By the way, this is exactly what I'm talking about - just dumb sheep cries, no reasonable arguments. So thank you for confirming my comment.
don't look, mom just didn't want to believe anymore :D
lol good you :D
1) I didn't really herd the geese with you, so I would please forgive the ticking - such a discussion is below my level. 2) Are you talking about yourself? According to the written speech, I guess the age of the contributor is about 17 years old, since he begged for an iPhone on a papín and with nothing else he can't even associate the company Apple. But don't worry, you'll grow up one day too :)
I apologize to the people I respect (it has nothing to do with the fact that I don't know the person) and I understand YOUR frustration, something came out that should never have happened :D
And the age bump? How typical :D
5C – that's enough :D
you won't believe it, but I don't have a single "stolen" app on my phone. when I like something, I buy it, I'm not 15 (I'm a little over 40)
I ask you once again, have you used any android for more than 3 minutes? like you, I don't need to restart anything and I run for weeks without shutting down or restarting :)
Are 4″ ideal? :) yes, if you don't know how to save the icons the way you want, nothing else will stop you ;) I'm looking forward to how you will control it if you have 4,7″-5″….
Personally, I don't care what phone someone uses, above all let them be happy :) but let them not uselessly write nonsense even when they are on "apple positive fore"
defense? :D
What?
I'm over 40, yes, yes, your opinion is more relevant. LOL
Thumbs up!
As long as I only had Android, jsrm was also satisfied, but since I own iOS, I only have Android as a toy or a "stupid" mobile.
The Vietnamese in the market also said "the more stripes, the more Adidas" or as they say "less is sometimes more"
Agreement. I don't know what they thought of developing such a defective system.
Android is not a system ;)
I hate Apple more and more…
You can see that he is running out of breath and losing to the competition, so at least he will be kicking around. Pathetic.
lose where? can you be more specific please?
that's right, the HW of the bloated plastic with the droids runs just fine and it just runs out and has a half lower HW, look at some output, but the droid has to run for a while, not that the device is taken right on and the tests are done immediately :D
but I understand people who don't have an iPhone, so I praise Android.
My Skoda is also better than a Porsche :D
video yuck
This requires a cold shower and a terry towel.
In the beginning, Apple came and made a revolution with something that no one had until then - with a touch phone with a capacitive display and a super-functioning operating system with many user gadgets that people immediately liked. Google responded to that account and stole - copied the entire iOS from the first iPhone and created a system that it called Android, and it immediately began offering it to absolutely everyone for a fee. After all, this is a thieving non plus ultra, because the part that Google deprived Apple of with this step is almost incalculable - without Android, there would be no success for Samsung or all the others. I'm not at all surprised that Jobs wanted to destroy those arch thieves. He deserves nothing else. That's the bare truth and Tečka.
Except that Google never made Android (so it couldn't even steal it, let alone copy it) but bought the company of the same name that made the first version of Android. First of all. Secondly, Android is an open source project, so they don't make a single dollar on it, and anyone can freely download its source files (AOSP) and make their own OS from it... This is just a side note for those dumb iOves who know everything about Android, but they think they are right :-)
By the way, I have both and both systems have 3 shit worths of stuff in there...
Well, before you curse someone's stupid sheep, find out the details yourself. Google earns for Android. Every manufacturer that wants to have Google Play pre-installed on their phone must call.
Yes. For GooglePlay, but not for the system itself, Kristep.
How many vendors sell Android without licensed Google services? It doesn't matter if you pay for Android or a license for full Android functionality.
About half (at least according to what I see in the Developer console for our projects) ... Google Play Services is not needed for the OS function, you can download the apk outside of GP or those manufacturers will put GP services there anyway even without a license (it's one apk). Android is open source and you don't pay for it as an OS (by the way, Google is not a SW company, most of its income comes from advertising and Android is just a tool for making money from advertising).
And most importantly, don't keep whining about how everyone else is robbing the divine Apple and at the same time they also have butter on their heads - just look at iOS 6 and 7, among other things, to see how many features they took over from Android. And it's good for both OS. No one denies Apple the beauty of their products or their technological and technical innovations, but to endlessly build Apple into the role of a god-like company where everyone else around are scumbags and thieves who can't come up with anything themselves, that's really up to Hogwarts...
I'm not putting him anywhere, there wasn't even a word about apple in my post - I'm just saying that praising Android = OpenSource is stupid, Google makes money from it whether someone likes it or not.. (Even if it's a smaller percentage of revenue than you would think one thought).
As a result, he makes a lot of money and annoys others with advertising, and consequently others annoy him
ZTE, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Meizu... in short, the whole thing ;)
Except that the first version didn't even reach iOS up to the ankles, and it happened to improve only after the introduction of iOS. And it's no coincidence that the current head of Google was on Apple's board before they kicked him out. A bit too much of a coincidence, isn't it?
I have both, but this kind of behavior turns me off.
I don't understand Sony's position. It's a Rockstar alliance, but it uses Android itself.
Because he basically has no choice today. But there will be other reasons as well.
Google? We use it every day and don't even know it… My favorite is Google and Samsung… no offense*
I like google. Most of the things they do are convenient for both investors and users (See the google search engine, which actually works as an advertising search engine if I put it simply). Their services are not full of annoying advertising banners (Except youtube). I am hearing about the rockstar consortium for the first time and at least we are officially seeing how an oligopoly works in the field of smartphones and similar technologies. They bark at each other in public, but then secretly make fun of each other.
in the article you must have an error of 4 billion dollars for 2% of xbox is nonsense, Microsoft would have to have 200 billion dollars in sales from xbox, which is about the annual sales of whole apple :-)
Internet war ios vs droid again :D. I'm an apple fanboy here, but insulting another platform is pathetic.
To write that Apple could not succeed in the market is somewhat laughable. On the contrary, despite the thefts, which are called copying, it holds up very well.