Steve Jobs: "I'll just sue you" (2010)
Interesting - Sun didn't fold when Apple threatened them but there wasn't a suit either.The thing is, it seems there are examples of open source companies or developers folding when presented with the "whiff" of a patent suit. See: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-234073.htm...Further, as I recall, it has been speculated that Nokia's Apple suit involved a demand by Nokia that Apple cross license its UI patents. http://www.businessinsider.com/did-nokia-sue-apple-to-access...The thing is, if Nokia had previously been "coding around" Apple's UI, it's not surprising that their UI sucked.It's easy to imagine that the more timid an organization, the more willing they are to be pushed around by an over broad claim.Altogether, It would be a good thing to provoke Apple into actually suing someone for violating "their" UI controls: Threats people back away from put a bully in a more powerful position than threats carried through.