Hugo Leijtens, an ex-Microsoft employee, went two years ago to Chengdu, he describes as the new Silicon Valley. There he became the Chief Technical Officer of Nexocial, a company that came up with an iPad clone in just three months: the nPad, which works on Microsoft Windows C. The nPad will be launched April 3, while the iPad will be launched next summer.
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Presenter Jort Kelder of the Dutch television programme about entrepreneurs 'Bij ons in de BV' (With us in the private company) asked Mr Leijtens the following question: "Are you not a petty thief, in the best Chinese tradition?"
Mr Leijtens reply: "I believe Apple has said once 'Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.' "
IP Dragon is wondering whether Apple will sue Nexocial. If they do, let's see if Mr Leijtens will repeat that one liner in court.
The Nexocial site http://www.nexocial.com is not in the air. Don't know what that means.
Read also Willemien Groot's article about Nexocial for Radio Netherlands Worldwide here.
