Eric Raymond's Wrong About Apple's iPhone Design

I meant to write up how wrong Eric Raymond's interpretation of the Samsung testimony is, but John Gruber's captured my thoughts well, so go read him instead.

I really like much of what Eric writes, but he's really blinded in this topic. Apple's mock-up was based on a written description of a Sony aesthetic to visualize what the aesthetic might look like when applied to a specific product. This is in sharp contrast to Samsung's unimaginative design rip-offs after Apple shipped a product.