“A former Apple executive, who was regarded as the right-hand man of the late tech giant co-founder Steve Jobs, said Wednesday that Apple and Samsung will eventually end their legal dispute and reach a compromise,” Kim Yoo-chul reports for The Korea Times.
“‘The friction between Apple and Samsung is actually more of an extension of the conflict between Apple and Google, namely Android, and although Samsung’s Galaxy products did irritate Steve Jobs as I remember, I believe that Apple and Samsung will reach a compromise soon,’ said Jay Elliot in a news conference Wednesday,” Kim reports. “Elliot wrote the book, The Steve Jobs Way and worked as Apple’s senior vice president of operations.”
Kim reports, “Elliot called Jobs’ legal fight with Samsung a ‘matter of pride… Design was the issue that’s been causing the battle and Jobs was also upset after looking at the design of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones,’ Elliot said.”
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