Err, seems like I should have been much more explicit. I was unaware of the sensitivity here. I'm not saying I agree with Apple, just that out in the real world they've done a pretty good job of creating a conventional wisdom around the idea that Android phones are the cheaper version of Apple phones.
I didn't imply that Google was being sued; it's Google's executive speaking in the article.
One more time, I'm really not taking a position about who's copying who. Definitely learning a lesson about nuance in this context though.
Sorry if I came across harshly, but your original comment seemed a bit like astroturfing. And to be entirely honest, I agree strongly with what Schmidt's saying (minor nit: he's not a Google executive anymore).
Apple has done some really tremendous work on design, integration, and polish with the iPhone, and they deserve all the success it's brought them. But the fact is that their (along with Nokia and Microsoft's) responses to competition from Android have been to threaten, litigate, and abuse a broken patent system. That's not innovation, and it's definitely not a healthy pattern for the industry as a whole.
Not at all, I understand what you're saying and should have been clearer in the first place. Re: Schmidt, he's not CEO anymore, but I think he's still the Executive Chairman or something, right?
I didn't imply that Google was being sued; it's Google's executive speaking in the article.
One more time, I'm really not taking a position about who's copying who. Definitely learning a lesson about nuance in this context though.