They are not YOUR tax dollars. You have given them over to the state: They are no longer yours. If you go to Wal-Mart and pay for some good, do you have a say in how Wal-Mart spends its profits? After all, they are also "your" dollars...?
If you are an iOS developer you can install whatever you can compile on it. How locked down is that?
Then again, do you really want to train your child to become a code monkey in this day and age? Using a computer creatively does not always mean programming.
Why should Apple need to license iOS to any third party? They manufacture both hardware and software and are free to do as they please with both of those. I mean, do you expect Sony to license the PS3 OS to other manufacturers looking to make a console?
Samsung took Android (which natively does not look like iOS) and slapped their own custom UI on top of it to make it look like iOS. Samsung did not have to do that, because other Android handset makers have managed to avoid doing that.
They are suing over TouchWiz (Samsung's attempt to differentiate themselves from other Android handsets) and box design (aping Apple's minimalist approach). Really, Android is not the target for that part.
After the Fairplay DRM was abandoned, how is iTunes "exclusive to the iPhone/iPad lines"? Heck Microsoft's Zune music store is far more closed.
iTunes (the application) has three functions: 1) As a media player (not too user-firendly compared to alternatives) 2) As an interface to the iTunes Store 3) As sync software for iOS devices
The files indexed by iTunes live happily on disk, accessible by all programs. They even provide an XML file containing playilist info etc. (most data except star ratings) for use by other programs. No exclusivity involved except for the star ratings part, then.
Apple going after Samsung for trade dress infringement is like LVMH going after some pirate manufacturer for copying a Louis Vuitton handbag.
Apple have made their success by NOT worry about the competition but instead make things that they think people will buy.
You see, the reality is this: There is not one "Android". There is one HTC, one SonyEricsson, one LG, one Motorola, etc. There is no sharing of profits between these companies in any meaningful way that can justify talking about one Android market share. Each manufacturer competes with every other manufacturer (read: less profitable). Except Apple which is the sole manufacturer of iOS devices (read: more profitable).
Strawman. That is NOT what Apple are suing over. I mean have you seen the images showing the Apple icons and Samsung's copycat ones side by side? Plus the box design. They want to mimic the Apple designs so much that it is moving into trade dress infringement territory. (You know, where cheap knockoffs of LV handbags are peddled from street stalls and the like.)
Maybe you dislike that Apple are using the law against blatant copy-cats, but perhaps it is the law you really want to change?
Why do you think copyright is the only "intellectual property" state-granted monopoly out there? Trademarks, designs, "service marks" etc. come into play when Samsung accidentally creates icons and box designs that mimic Apple's.
Well, the PS3 "fats" that supported OtherOS are out of production anyway. I am sure the people who set up the cluster knew that at some point the manufacturer was going to discontinue support for their platform and they had to do everything themselves.
Do you also tell people who want a BMW X3 they should get a Fiat 500 instead because it is cheaper and can get you from A to B which is the purpose of a car?
You seem to be pulling numbers out of your ass. Are you not aware of the increased costs involved with increased miniaturization (fitting more in a smaller area), touch screens instead of run-of-the-mill LCD displays, and covering actual research instead of slapping together a standard form factor laptop?
Then again, people who cling to the "only marketing can get people to buy these devices" myth cannot be reasoned with.
You are mistaking DropBox for a service which only involves one machine and the cloud. When I drop a file into my local DropBox folder at home, it aoutomatically gets synced to my iPhone, my iPad, and my computer at work. If I edit a note using PureText it automatically gets stored in DropBox and is also synced.
Beats having to do manual syncs with some service.
Even within EU it can be an issue: For instance, during the early days of the recent Wikileaks debacle, French authorities wanted access to data stored on a server (in France) that was used by a Swedish service provider...
If I can do HTML5 then why should I pay $$$ for all these expensive adobe packages?
Maybe if Adobe has the best HTML5 content creation tool as well? They are revamping that side of their tools (i.e. DreamWeaver) in their "unheard of" point release CS 5.5.
Ramping up education does not help as long as American kids keep on going "I am going to be a lawyer!" or "I am going to be a stock broker" instead of "I am going to be an engineer!".
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They are not YOUR tax dollars. You have given them over to the state: They are no longer yours. If you go to Wal-Mart and pay for some good, do you have a say in how Wal-Mart spends its profits? After all, they are also "your" dollars...?
If you are an iOS developer you can install whatever you can compile on it. How locked down is that?
Then again, do you really want to train your child to become a code monkey in this day and age? Using a computer creatively does not always mean programming.
No, they are pissed because ONE Android handset manufacturer is trying its best to cause confusion by adding an iOS-lookalike layer on top of Android.
Why should Apple need to license iOS to any third party? They manufacture both hardware and software and are free to do as they please with both of those. I mean, do you expect Sony to license the PS3 OS to other manufacturers looking to make a console?
Samsung took Android (which natively does not look like iOS) and slapped their own custom UI on top of it to make it look like iOS. Samsung did not have to do that, because other Android handset makers have managed to avoid doing that.
They are suing over TouchWiz (Samsung's attempt to differentiate themselves from other Android handsets) and box design (aping Apple's minimalist approach). Really, Android is not the target for that part.
After the Fairplay DRM was abandoned, how is iTunes "exclusive to the iPhone/iPad lines"? Heck Microsoft's Zune music store is far more closed.
iTunes (the application) has three functions:
1) As a media player (not too user-firendly compared to alternatives)
2) As an interface to the iTunes Store
3) As sync software for iOS devices
The files indexed by iTunes live happily on disk, accessible by all programs. They even provide an XML file containing playilist info etc. (most data except star ratings) for use by other programs. No exclusivity involved except for the star ratings part, then.
Apple going after Samsung for trade dress infringement is like LVMH going after some pirate manufacturer for copying a Louis Vuitton handbag.
Apple have made their success by NOT worry about the competition but instead make things that they think people will buy.
You see, the reality is this: There is not one "Android". There is one HTC, one SonyEricsson, one LG, one Motorola, etc. There is no sharing of profits between these companies in any meaningful way that can justify talking about one Android market share. Each manufacturer competes with every other manufacturer (read: less profitable). Except Apple which is the sole manufacturer of iOS devices (read: more profitable).
Fools have discounted Apple for 20 years.
The way lobbyists are trying to warp IP laws into becoming part of the criminal code, it's just a question of time.
Strawman. That is NOT what Apple are suing over. I mean have you seen the images showing the Apple icons and Samsung's copycat ones side by side? Plus the box design. They want to mimic the Apple designs so much that it is moving into trade dress infringement territory. (You know, where cheap knockoffs of LV handbags are peddled from street stalls and the like.)
Maybe you dislike that Apple are using the law against blatant copy-cats, but perhaps it is the law you really want to change?
Why do you think copyright is the only "intellectual property" state-granted monopoly out there? Trademarks, designs, "service marks" etc. come into play when Samsung accidentally creates icons and box designs that mimic Apple's.
Well, the PS3 "fats" that supported OtherOS are out of production anyway. I am sure the people who set up the cluster knew that at some point the manufacturer was going to discontinue support for their platform and they had to do everything themselves.
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This myth still holds, I see? A quick visit to the App Store will reveal a world of educational software and tools.
Getting iPads for students is wise, at least if the alternative is to get a "Wintendo" laptop. (See, I also like to push stereotypes.)
Do you also tell people who want a BMW X3 they should get a Fiat 500 instead because it is cheaper and can get you from A to B which is the purpose of a car?
I thought that was Microsoft's job? After all, most laptops come with Windows installed, that means it is good yes?
You seem to be pulling numbers out of your ass. Are you not aware of the increased costs involved with increased miniaturization (fitting more in a smaller area), touch screens instead of run-of-the-mill LCD displays, and covering actual research instead of slapping together a standard form factor laptop?
Then again, people who cling to the "only marketing can get people to buy these devices" myth cannot be reasoned with.
This is the cell tower triangulation data used for the "A" part of "AGPS". Assisted GPS. Which can be accurate "enough" in some areas.
No, without iTunes the iPhone looks to the computer like a camera in (read-only) "disk mode". Only the "camera roll" files are visible then.
Well, clearly you need to read up on the subject since you don't know Jack about it.
Joe Average would never ever build his own, or even buy a pre-built one.
There was a time when Joe Average would never buy a laser (or inkjet) printer.
Just tell Joe Average "with this gizmo you can make your own car parts on demand!" and you have an instant sale.
You are mistaking DropBox for a service which only involves one machine and the cloud. When I drop a file into my local DropBox folder at home, it aoutomatically gets synced to my iPhone, my iPad, and my computer at work. If I edit a note using PureText it automatically gets stored in DropBox and is also synced.
Beats having to do manual syncs with some service.
Even within EU it can be an issue: For instance, during the early days of the recent Wikileaks debacle, French authorities wanted access to data stored on a server (in France) that was used by a Swedish service provider...
If I can do HTML5 then why should I pay $$$ for all these expensive adobe packages?
Maybe if Adobe has the best HTML5 content creation tool as well? They are revamping that side of their tools (i.e. DreamWeaver) in their "unheard of" point release CS 5.5.
Ramping up education does not help as long as American kids keep on going "I am going to be a lawyer!" or "I am going to be a stock broker" instead of "I am going to be an engineer!".
Exactly: The TSA is keeping us safe from T-Rex rampages. Proof? ZERO T-Rex rampages after the TSA was established.
So it is not running Honeycomb. Which is the point here. And I see you avoided talking about how "great" it runs animation-heavy Facebook games...