10 Biggest Tech Battles Ever
Bangalore: The battle between Apple and Samsung on patents is heating up in the court. This is not the first time Apple is involved in a trial. Not only Apple, biggest names in tech industry like Oracle, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and SAP has been seen in the nastiest of battles over the years. These “tech wars” have resulted in shift of power, movement of market and disturbance in force. Let’s take a look at some of them.
1. iOS vs. Android
iOS vs. Android have been battling since the latter’s birth eyeing the future of mobile industry as the prize. The most admired CEO in history, the late Steve Jobs once blasted saying, “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 to thermonuclear war on this. They are scared to death because they know they are guilty”. The two companies are competing so closely in the mobile arena that it's hard to tell them apart at times.
