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Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing!

— Nathan Myhrvold

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As an investor, what we're not looking for is 'oh this is a cool app,' it's 'is this something that can become a big business?' You need to find those that can become real businesses.

— Niklas Zennstrom

Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative.

— Robert Scoble

I actually think Facebook made it their business to be close with all of the app developers. They couldn't have done more.

— Max Levchin

As an investor, I'm always looking for the next great American company. Who will create tomorrow's Twitter, Facebook, or Google?

— Brad Feld

Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to build a community.

— Mark Zuckerberg

The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.

— Tim Cook

What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy.

— George Lois

✗Opposing Perspectives

Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a great company.

— Jan Koum

Entrepreneurs do not try and create new types of smartphone technologies now because they know it's pointless: They're going to get sued almost immediately.

— Charles Duhigg

From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you'd be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.

— Tim Cook