On: How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost position in the videogame market

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Sure, but if it was as simple as ordering parts from vendors couldn't anyone reconstruct either product on the hardware side?

[orib → robg]

They can and do, for the most part. iPhone knockoffs are a dime a dozen, for the most part, although Apple has design patents to keep them from looking too close to they original.