Tim Cook on Android Litigation: 'I Highly Prefer to Settle'

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Posted April 24, 2012 at 10:20pm by iClarified

Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts that he hates litigation and would highly prefer to settle on the company's Q2 2012 financial call today, reports The Verge. "I've always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it," said Cook.

Apple "wants people to invent their own stuff" and "if we could get to some kind of arrangement where we could be assured that that's the case, I highly prefer to settle versus battle."

However, he remained adamant that "the key thing is that Apple not become the developer for the world... we need people to invent their own stuff."

In comparison, Steve Jobs said "I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."

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joyz - April 25, 2012 at 9:05am

Dude apple in no way should collaborate with cydia -- cydia should go n create their own OS an have the dodgy apps their

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Russell - April 25, 2012 at 4:56am

Here's one that apple settled. But they don't want you to know about it.... ..........Looks like Apple paid off victim of ham-handed iPhone search.......... It would seem that the missing iPhone prototype wasn't "priceless," after all. Apple has apparently reached an out-of-court settlement to keep a San Francisco man from suing the company over what his attorney -- and virtually everyone else -- called an "outrageous" warrantless search of the man's home, car and computer last summer by two Apple employees accompanied by four city police officers..........http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/looks-apple-paid-victim-ham-handed-iphone-search

joyz - April 25, 2012 at 9:07am

BS.... Now way did they identify themselves as apple employees

mavrik101 - April 25, 2012 at 1:59am

Cook is saying the same thing. Just in a kinder more gentler manner. He is saying Android needs to be its own; "we need people to invent their own stuff", says Cook. Hence he can only SETTLE this once it is evident Android is legitimate.

henreeG - April 25, 2012 at 1:18am

Steve Jobs didn't learn anything since the last time he got kicked out of his own company.

mavrik101 - April 25, 2012 at 2:00am

You are who - and how dare you judge anyone!

Andrew - April 24, 2012 at 11:18pm

An that philosophy will kill apple as we know it! The elitist feel good emotion that was once apple/Mac is so over now thr Steve Jobs has passed.