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The bigger outrage in smart phones is the fact that Android exists in the first place - thanks to a little industrial espionage on Apple's board. [1]

I know where my wallet voting's going.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/robenderle/2011/11/11/you-the-ju...

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Actually, Apple was really dumb in this instance. Google bought Android in 2005, Apple brought Eric Schmidt onto it's board in 2006. So, either Apple was hoping to get some insight into what Google was doing with Android and hoping Schmidt might slip up, or they just shouldn't have brought an advisor on who was the CEO of a potentially major competitor. I was always amazed that that happened.

Google Buys Android - 2005 http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-08-16/google-buys-a...

Schmidt Joins Board - 2006 http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/08/29Google-CEO-Dr-Eric...

Everything in first iPhone existing much before iPhone came into existence if you lived outside Steve Jobs distortion field.

The fact that Apple could sue Motorola who invented Mobile Phone and get away with it shows how stupid the patent system is.

Your source is terribly written (grammar and spelling mistakes abound) and is blatantly bias towards Apple.

I am Secretary Not Sure if I could read anything by Rob Enderle.

Please find a better, umm more reliable source.

Your logical fallacy is: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem

Conveniently, there is a bullet point list of 5 items in the middle of that article. You are free to disagree with any of those points: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

Wouldn't referencing a website regarding fallacies in this manner be, in itself, an appeal-to-authority fallacy? :)

Incorrect. If I read the article, and then dismiss the content simply because it was written by Rob Enderle, then that's ad hominem. On the other hand if I notice the article is written by well-known-fool Rob Enderle and don't bother reading it, then that's just good time management.

Would you mind expanding on Rob Erderle? I've heard not nice retorts on him but not quite some details and would like a few pointers.

Look these up, I'm not going to link to Rob Enderle's posts.

- Why Steve Ballmer's Early Retirement Is My Own Greatest Failure

- Apple Didn't Beat Microsoft, Robbie Bach Did: Apple's Secret 5th Column.

- The Dell Mini 5 vs. the Apple iPad

Note for the last headline: "Rob Enderle, an industry analyst whom Dell hired to consult on the new entertainment strategy, said he is still discussing with Dell whether profits would come mainly from the subscription service or from devices tied to it." http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:exd_wDD...

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