相信很多人都听说了美国海关因为去年的苹果&HTC专利案件而扣押HTC One X，导致HTC旗舰机型在美国无法销售，这里先简单说一下去年12月的苹果诉讼HTC的侵权案：苹果告HTC侵犯了其多项专利，假如这些都被法院判成立，HTC就完了，因为其中涉及了多项触摸屏手机的滑动操作体验，业界广泛认为这是苹果向整个Android阵营的宣战，HTC只是首当其冲而已。但走运的是，北美法院只认定了其中一项侵犯专利指控，而这个专利对手机操作影响并不大，简单说就是HTC不能对在短信中显示的电话号码进行直接的拨号或者其他操作。这个结果对HTC、对安卓阵营都是不幸中的万幸。HTC应该很容易把这项UI体验在北美零售版中去掉。但HTC怎么就又被美国海关给扣了呢，这让人十分不解。对此，有些老美也看不过去了，认为苹果欺人太甚，XDA的一位捐助者就发了一个帖子吐槽苹果，这里翻译几个重要的片段。（非本人观点，果粉吐槽请移驾XDA）
苹果欺人太甚？
1.苹果整个是没道德，不遵守市场公平竞争原则，根本配不上现状获得的荣耀光环。
2.苹果对移动科技世界的唯一贡献就是在手机中加入了陀螺仪。
3.你们拿着本来就不是你们发明的专利，搞这个告那个的，不思进取。
这是主要的几点，原文很长，给大家放在下面了。
看了这些，一定有人觉得这哥们胡说八道，也会有HTC粉丝觉得说的很给力。不论怎样，苹果都是一家伟大的公司，不是因为他市值第一，而是因为他的确给我们带来优质的电子产品，让我们的生活因为有了苹果更美好，但在商业世界里，他也不免拿对手动刀，侵犯到别人的利益。在我们普通人看来，你这么大个公司，放HTC一马能怎样，但苹果如果总这么想，可能就没有现在的苹果了，只有偏执狂才能成功。从另一方面看，这也是在刺激其他公司的创新，不自己创新，就会一直被别人追着打。
原文链接：http://www.xda-developers.com/android/so-it-begins-apples-victory-affecting-htcs-us-imports/
Dear Apple,
Your ENTIRE organization lacks morals and free market competition basics, and as such, you are not worthy of having the glory that you now posses. While you may have revolutionized the world as we know it with very well crafted marketing campaigns and some good ideas, you are far from being a true innovator in the field of… anything. Just think for one second about the LEAPS in technology that you would have accomplished, should you have invested in R&D a quarter of the money you spend into advertising and marketing. Then, you would have something worth portraying as a technological wonder, something that would likely be untouchable by others. Something truly genuine that you can call your own, and at the end of the day you could look at with pride. What you have right now is a bunch of reinvented wheels, most of which don’t do much more than other wheels out there.
Redefining concepts and ideas is not what makes a company great; coming up with new concepts is. HTC and other major OEMS have often been in the vanguard by innovating with their products, adding new features, rethinking, and just putting concepts out there to imagine their possibilities. Your last innovation and only major contribution to the world of mobile technology was the inclusion of an accelerometer in mobile devices, and this was with the original iPhone back in 2007. For that and only that, I give you credit. All the newer models of virtually every product you sell have been remakes of previous technology—perhaps a little thinner and a little faster, but all in all, minor changes.
It is because of companies like yours that technology is not further today than where it currently is. You are so adamant in protecting something that you didn’t even invent that you are holding back future innovation. The spirit and basic concepts of engineering are completely missing from your business models. Courtesy of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology:
Engineering is the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by experience, study, and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
Notice the importance of the concept that you are no longer following. Engineering practices are used for the betterment of mankind. What have you done for this purpose? Rebrand an existing technology (MP3 players) and sell them for twice the price? Trying to cripple your competitors by claiming that you invented something that was previously invented, when you simply adapted the technology and closed off any other use of this by others? This can be compared to using a Linux kernel (if it weren’t under GPL license), patenting it, and closing it off so that no one else can use it.
Apple, you are simply a disgrace to the world of technology and to engineering in general. I feel ashamed of being called an engineer in a world where your company roams around freely without even following the most basic of the field’s concepts—a world where the law and justice are blind to the fact that your actions are hindering humanity’s advancement. While I understand that there is nothing wrong with making money, there is something very wrong with replacing engineering with greed.Dear Apple,
Your ENTIRE organization lacks morals and free market competition basics, and as such, you are not worthy of having the glory that you now posses. While you may have revolutionized the world as we know it with very well crafted marketing campaigns and some good ideas, you are far from being a true innovator in the field of… anything. Just think for one second about the LEAPS in technology that you would have accomplished, should you have invested in R&D a quarter of the money you spend into advertising and marketing. Then, you would have something worth portraying as a technological wonder, something that would likely be untouchable by others. Something truly genuine that you can call your own, and at the end of the day you could look at with pride. What you have right now is a bunch of reinvented wheels, most of which don’t do much more than other wheels out there.
Redefining concepts and ideas is not what makes a company great; coming up with new concepts is. HTC and other major OEMS have often been in the vanguard by innovating with their products, adding new features, rethinking, and just putting concepts out there to imagine their possibilities. Your last innovation and only major contribution to the world of mobile technology was the inclusion of an accelerometer in mobile devices, and this was with the original iPhone back in 2007. For that and only that, I give you credit. All the newer models of virtually every product you sell have been remakes of previous technology—perhaps a little thinner and a little faster, but all in all, minor changes.
It is because of companies like yours that technology is not further today than where it currently is. You are so adamant in protecting something that you didn’t even invent that you are holding back future innovation. The spirit and basic concepts of engineering are completely missing from your business models. Courtesy of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology:
Engineering is the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by experience, study, and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
Notice the importance of the concept that you are no longer following. Engineering practices are used for the betterment of mankind. What have you done for this purpose? Rebrand an existing technology (MP3 players) and sell them for twice the price? Trying to cripple your competitors by claiming that you invented something that was previously invented, when you simply adapted the technology and closed off any other use of this by others? This can be compared to using a Linux kernel (if it weren’t under GPL license), patenting it, and closing it off so that no one else can use it.
Apple, you are simply a disgrace to the world of technology and to engineering in general. I feel ashamed of being called an engineer in a world where your company roams around freely without even following the most basic of the field’s concepts—a world where the law and justice are blind to the fact that your actions are hindering humanity’s advancement. While I understand that there is nothing wrong with making money, there is something very wrong with replacing engineering with greed.
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Dear HTC,
We have said this in the past, but please, we beg this of you: Allow us to help you grow and make your products better and smarter through REAL innovation. Our site and communities like ours harbor some of the brightest minds in the world of engineering and computing that this world has ever seen. We are willing to help you. Not because we like what you do (read: stop closing off bootloaders) but because we believe that you still have your core principles intact and are willing to work on things that truly revolutionize and improve technology for the betterment of mankind. Please allow us to help you.
Thank you for reading. |
发表于 2012-5-22 17:08:07
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