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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 22:32 UTC (Fri) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953)
In reply to: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) by viiru
Parent article: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

Not just that but to me forcing Microsoft to label the trash bin a recycle bin to avoid Apples lawyers speaks volumes.


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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

Posted Feb 24, 2012 22:55 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]

Don't forget the "drag the disk to the trash to eject it" lunacy! That's "innovation" that nobody else was crazy enough to imitate, thankfully.

If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

Posted Feb 25, 2012 17:06 UTC (Sat) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

Oddly, the recycling bin is a rare case of Microsoft improving on Apple's metaphor. The space used by a deleted file really is recycled into available space for new files, not just thrown away.

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