Samsung was told it owes Apple a billion or so for patent violations, according to
this article in today's Globe, and that's going to make waves for others using virtually the same systems, such as Google's Android perhaps, say the experts.
All of which means that those of us poking fun at Microsoft's late arrival in the tablet market may have to change our tune. If Microsoft saw all of that coming, then they are a lot smarter than we gave them credit for being. And nobody's suing Microsoft over its Windows 8 system, because that's basically Windows 7 with further enhancement of its touch features. I say "further enhancement" because Windows 7 has always had touch features built into it, but not quite as much as Windows 8.
However, as in my previous rants about this, I still think Windows 7 is an easier system to use on most standard desktops that have a keyboard and mouse and a monitor that doesn't have touch capability. And these good folks are still saying that over 90% of computers are desktop models, in spite of the writing on the wall, or the spin-doctors down the hall.
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