"It's the prior art, and also its implications for other commercial transactions that really excites the business world, at least those futurologists whose business it is to look ahead and anticipate trends and new methods.
Remember how IBM and the Corporate bunch suddenly sat up when they saw VisiCalc on the first Apple, like hungry lionesses at the sight of a passing herd of wildebeest?
Go figure..."
"Latin Biblical quotation: "Nolite Sanctum dare Canibus, nec mittatis Margaritas ante Porcos; ne conculent Pedibus, et conversi dirumphant vos"
English translation: Give nothing sacred unto dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn upon you to tear you apart.
The folks at Cupertino are learning their life-lessons at last, through the School of Hard Knocks, and learning them well these days!
Funny, that quotation is what starts off Nostradamus' predictions..."
"Lubov y Mir, Amor y Paz, Alafia ati Ife, Peace and Love to all the striped people on Neptune and beyond - I just want y'all to know that !"*&***(£|| and the Joneses are stoned.
(Enough of this Irish coffee, I think...)
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all fanboys&girls, haters, nerds, geeks, trainspotters, anoraks, hipsters, modders, hackers, early adopters and fence-sitters alike!!!!"
"@MACCADDICT21: One thing is for sure: if / when Apple asks for money for an iPhone application, it will not only be worth (or perceived to be worth) every cent paid, but in addition the whole iPhone world and their pet rabbit (including jailbreakers)will rush/surf to the nearest available outlet to purchase and download it.
Sigh, the love/hate affair continues..."
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