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This note is very clever. A lot of "fact" are just wrong but they are written in a very convincing manner so that nobody will check them.

"sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn’t right" Well Steve Jobs liked to quote something like this: "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." Jobs was clearly spreading the message that Apple liked to steal mastering the "borrowed" product making it into a product of their own. Apple made no secret about stealing design from Braun and Sony. Jobs had great respect for those companies. And I think the same applies to Samsung. They have great respect to Apple (although today that may have changed) and mastered the iPhone into an even greater product than the iPhone.

"We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth." Well they may be the best looking products on earth for some, but they are absolutely not the best products. Apple mouses look great and are great to obtain RSI. MacOs is looking great but I can't get as productive with it as with Windows or Linux. The Mac Mini is looking great but I can buy twice the power for the same price. Most Apple products are looking great but why not supply a standard connector? Well we know the reason for that one. And now they are called the most valuable company of today.

Yes Samsung did look very closely to Apple's products but so did Apple to other products.

We all copy!

-edit1- Brown -> Braun ;) thanks.

-edit2- I also was thinking about a tablet I once bought. This was a complete copy of the iPad. Even the box had the same white design. But Apple didn't go after that company. Why? Because it was a peace of crap. You had to break the tablet before the screen became responsive and the battery didn't last 10 minutes.

[mcantelon]

>Brown

I'm guessing you mean Braun and, yes, Apple is very obviously influenced by the aesthetic Braun popularized.