Apple and the Scalability of Secrecy

RobotsDinner writes "Anil Dash has a thoughtful exploration of Apple's notorious devotion to secrecy, and argues that not only is there a limit to its feasibility, but that recent events show Apple has reached that limit already. 'If the ethical argument is unpersuasive, then focus on the long-term viability of your marketing and branding efforts, and realize that a technology company that is determined to prevent information from being spread is an organization at war with itself. Civil wars are expensive, have no winners, and incur lots of casualties.'"

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Re:sometimes secrecy is necessary

[mambodog]

trying to cp *.mp3 /dev/sdb1 multiple times and wondering why it wouldn't play the files

You were trying to do *what* to an iPod?!

RTFM, n00b.