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FSF Response To Steve Jobs's Letter

Posted by kdawson on from the pot-meet-kettle dept.

boilednut writes "Steve Jobs's recent missive on the deficiencies of Adobe's Flash is still reverberating around the Internet. In this editorial, John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation responds, arguing that Apple is presenting users with a false choice between Adobe's proprietary software and Apple's walled garden."

6 of 572 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Ol' Jobby-Boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel! :)

  2. Re:People don't WANT free... by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I paid $199 for my iPhone and I can't play Facebook games?

    That's not a bug, it's a feature.

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  3. Re:To me, it's a question of mobility. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Stockholm syndrome much?

  4. Re:Let the users decide by Runaway1956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I miss TeX on my iPhone."

    So, donwload a picture of your guy, and save it to the iphone.

    http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:HB_dKdvH5jP9wM:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/207891426_773fe934b5.jpg

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  5. Re:And Theora? by initialE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally a law where "pics or it didn't happen" applies.

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  6. ugh bad link by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forgot to delete edit off the end... try this link if the other doesn't work.

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