Re: @phogan
They probably thought it wasn't necessary. Samsung undoubtedly has a full set of LG, Sony and Apple phones in their labs. Oracle will probably have an SAP ERP and MS SQL departments. It is just an extreme form of market/product investigation.
The scary thing is you can be sued if your product is similar (Samsung vs iPhone) so you basically have to buy to check it isn't!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
