L'articolo di Vivek Wadhwa ( Why Apple needs to lose the Samsung Appeal ) - che ho avuto il piacere di ascoltare quando mi trovavo in Silicon Valley - indica alcuni spunti di reflessione importanti su come aziende considerate innovative, corrano il rischio poi di cadere nella trappola dell'incumbent preoccupato di difendere lo status quo.
La recente causa legale Apple vs Samsung getta una luce sinistra proprio sulla stessa Apple che rischia di dimenticare dove tutto è cominciato; da un giovane Steve Jobs in giro per i laboratori dello Xerox Palo Alto Research Center osservando e copiando invenzioni quali il mouse e la Graphical User Interface.
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Let’s not forget that Apple also got its start by building on technology developed by others. The graphical user interface and mouse that the Macintosh popularized and the tablet computer were in different stages of development at institutions such as Stanford Research Institute and Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Steve Jobs built on these innovations. If he was embroiled in lawsuits or had to pay hefty fees to patent trolls, the Macintosh computer, iPhone, iPad, and iPod would very likely not have existed.
