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FSF Response To Steve Jobs's Letter
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."
What's strangely absent from "Thoughts on Flash" is any explanation for why proprietary technology on the Web is bad, or why free standards are good.
If Mr. Sullivan needs this explained to him then maybe he should hold his comments until he understands it. Does he actually expect *every* article, blog post or story to rehash this basic concept?
Yes, people just do whatever they are told by corporations. They are all mindless droids who hate freedom, EXCEPT FOR YOU, the true savior of humanity, who is unaffected by marketing, and here to save use all! You're so awesome, you don't even own a TV, or anything made by a faceless corporation, not even a computer.
... and then they built the supercollider.
Several Misconceptions H.264 is an open standard in that you are free to implement your own version of it for any platform that you see fit. It is also open in that no one company or group retains total control of the standard. While you may have to pay licensing costs to use any version of H.264, as I said, you are free to implement your own version (there is an open source version called x264). Also, the app store is the best way for Apple users to obtain quality software that is free of errata, defects or security holes at a reasonable cost. Adobe's Flash platform however, has several defects. One such defect is that it uses more battery life than it should on mobile platforms. Our devices are designed to be efficient and have a good battery life. With Flash, the battery life on our devices would be less than optimal. Flash also has several security holes, as is on the Mac and Windows. We do not intend to let a security ridden framework on our devices. I hope this cleared up any misconceptions you may have had.
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but it's their control over the thing that makes it as easy to use as possible.
When is the last time you used Apple's YouTube application (which ironically, CAN play YouTube videos). It is an utter JOKE. But too bad - if you decide to use a regular browser to deal with the many deficiencies in Apple's application, you can't play videos! How is this good? It's pathetically comedic at best.
What research do I need to do? I have an iPod touch - I log into YouTube using Safari, I can't play any videos. I log in using Apple's sorry excuse of a substitute, I can play videos, but there are several things I can't do. What am I missing here?
Sure, that's fine and makes perfect sense. But the post I was responding to was a complaint about Jobs's personal life.
I find that if a person is an asshole, or clueless, or willfully ignorant, or any of that stuff in one area of their life, it spreads to all areas. Jobs has always been a megalomaniac. When he came back to Apple there were numerous reports of dickish stuff like throwing Newtons and shouting "get these damned scribble pads out of my office!" I don't know about you but I can throw a newton (even a messagepad, with its nice ergonomic throwin' handle) a hell of a lot farther than a chair.
Right now Jobs is anticompetitively supporting H.264 as the sole "standard" for video in HTML5 video containers. That's an asshole move, and if it succeeds, it's going to affect all of us negatively. So I'd say Jobs being an asshole is pretty relevant to users.
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Ever tried to obtain a list of voting members of the FSF? The FSF is just RMS inc.