[mowowie]

I wish i had a sensible person pull me aside as a kid and demand that i become a lawyer.
Yes i hate lawyers too but.....
Jeez, these technology lawsuits must be rampant these days.
How could any company come out with a product nowadays that does not step on somebody elses invention or idea?
It has to be almost impossible.
And with all of the licenses involved you would think that these products would cost a fortune.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

And with all of the licenses involved you would think that these products would cost a fortune.

Yep, and that's why they have to sell a lot to make some money ... :-)

It's not cheap to be in business and the more successful you are, the more expensive it gets...

[Swordmaker]

How could any company come out with a product nowadays that does not step on somebody elses invention or idea?

It was more blatant than that... the code that was there included explicit things that showed it was Apple's unmodified code... including the name of the mother of one of Apple's engineer's in some of the padding. They were caught red handed.