Swiss Rail claims Apple copied their clock

[Anole]

nope, Apple bit it ...

Wiggled out of that one.

http://www.cultofmac.com/195653/app..._medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting

 

[Hall]

A rare event - Apple admitting they did something wrong !

 

[meStevo]

A rare event - Apple admitting they did something wrong !

Definitely a sign of the post-Jobs era.

 

[mperdue]

I don't see this as any different than what would have happened before. Apple typically settles these quietly and moves on.

 

[navychop]

I'm not sure they did anything wrong. It's too generic, and too easy to believe in coincidence. And that they paid simply to make it "go away" quickly. Things like that can happen when you have more money than you know what to do with.

 

[mike123abc]

It was probably just licensed on the cheap, too cheap to worry about a protracted battle.

 

[Hall]

Not an official report, but I'd say the Swiss designer is pleased if this is true !

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