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We've all seen this but people seem to forget: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

Steve himself: "We have been shameless about stealing great ideas". It's sad to see him now, reduced to these tactics.

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I think Steve is particularly pissed about Android. Consider that Eric Schmidt stayed in the board of Apple during the development of the iPhone without declaring a conflict of interest while Google were secretly developing Android. I imagine that apple vs android is personal. Basically google had a head start because of this inside information.

There is a difference between stealing an idea and blatant copying.

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