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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)Posted Feb 24, 2012 20:14 UTC (Fri) by wahern (subscriber, #37304)In reply to: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) by karim Parent article: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)
There's a quote in science: "A theory is named after the last person who failed to cite their predecessors."
So it is with inventions.
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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 24, 2012 20:19 UTC (Fri) by karim (subscriber, #114) [Link]
That's gold.
If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 24, 2012 20:27 UTC (Fri) by wahern (subscriber, #37304) [Link]
For the record, I read the quote in "Rationality for Mortals: How People Cope with Uncertainty (Evolution and Cognition)".
It's a horribly written book. Basically a bunch of conference papers thrown together. There are several interesting arguments and ideas, though. But it's a classic publish-and-forget book, not one where the author strove to refine his theories.
Stigler's law Posted Feb 24, 2012 21:45 UTC (Fri) by southey (subscriber, #9466) [Link] From Wikipedia: Stigler's lawList of examples
If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 29, 2012 8:23 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
> "A theory is named after the last person who failed to cite their predecessors."
I've noticed that the predecessors seem to often be from a different culture/language. I guess that makes the "failure" much easier to achieve.
Vaguely related: it looks like the legal power of US megacorps with their legions of lawyers and the USPTO their pet tends to stop at the Chinese border. Funny that.
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