Apple employs more than enough lawyers to help them determine whether offering their products for sale in a particular market would produce a fair result or not, so yes, the EU should force Apple to provide whatever it requires other manufacturers to provide to their customers.
For most products I would agree with you, but after three in-home repairs my TV was declared a lemon and replaced with a newer model free of charge. If I had not purchased that warranty I would be starring at a $2000 pile of junk.
So I guess this raises the question of why Europeans bought Apple products despite those products breaking the law? Did they have faith in that their government would enforce the law, or did they simply not care that the law was being broken?
A requirement that forces companies to disclose a one on one comparison between its and its competetors products would go a long way in ensuring the goal of informed buyers buying fully disclosed products. Nowadays though it seems only the ones hiding the most get the most.
Too preserve free markets? The way it is today those who project the illusion that they away the most for free bury those who actually give the most for free.
So the best way to avoid cell phone overage charges is not to use a cell phone? In answer to your sig, yes! And cell phone companies depend on them for profit!!c
If you get all panty-bunched about they have to be open, then you're just as bad as Apple is with their locked-down-only stuff.
You are as bad as those who want to lock you down if you get upset when someone tries to lock you down? Is that like getting your "panties in a wad" against those who want to enslave you when you are against slavery? What kind of logic is that?
It's a free market thing. A lot of the responses in this discussion have it exactly backwards. Businesses don't care how much effort it takes to get a STEM degree, all they care about is what profits STEM graduates can earn for them.
$0, but computing is a hobby for me, not a lifestyle. I enjoy the challenge of making things work. Others might be willing to spend a few bucks for them if they value time over freedom.
Okay, so those short-term-profit-maximizing execs made decisions that hurt the west, and by allowing them to benefit from the pain they caused the west is collectively responsible.
Surely you aren't suggesting that a system that allows the minority to impose its will on the majority is any better, are you? Personally I think the US founders had it mostly right. First protect everyones right to life, then protect their liberty, and finally protect their right to pursue happiness. Yes they made mistakes through compromises along the way...allowing some to be slaves in order to allow others to pursue happiness was a huge mistake. But for the most part their vision was wise.
No. Though we are a small market we are still nontheless important. Until nVidia enables open source purists like me to get at least 50% performance out of their hardware I'll be recommending their GPUs be avoided.
Fair enough, but why focus on small screens first? Wouldn't it be more logical to concentrate on ensuring that those writing Gnome applications have a nice, usable interface first?
So can we make a general rule then, such as when using a small screened device use Gnome3 and when using a normal screened device use something else? Seriously, people have real work to get done and don't have time to waste experimenting with flavor of the month UIs.
That depends on how you define "evil", I suppose. Asking for phone numbers and forcing interface on those who don't want them are pretty "evil" in my book. Is anyone else sick and tired of seeing "Gmail's getting a new look soon."? I mean really, where in the hell is the "I just want to check my email and don't want a new look" option?
Which do you think is stronger, the provider who keeps customers by locking them in or the provider who keeps customers by providing superior service? Which is the better customers, those who stay with you because they are trapped or those who stay with you because they like you?
Since it's the witchunters who determine who the witches are I will mostly be one of those labeled. Why? Because I have a firm belief that the founders chose the order of the words "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" for a very good reason. You can't have liberty if you are not alive, and you can't pursure happiness if you aren't free to do so. Logically then the number one focus of government must be to ensure that everyone all that is necessary to live. The prevelant view in the US today is more "I've gots to get mine and screw you if you didn't get yours!"
Even being over fifty my memory is still usually good enough to know what I put where, but in the rare cases I do forget my pager pops up what I have running on a particular desktop when I mouse over it. I use 9 by the way, makes a nice cube, and switch between them with ctl-alt-arrow key combinations.
Really, that is all I wish Google would quit asking for. Seriously, why do they need it? I say no over and over again and still they insist they need it to protect me from me! Why? They know what IP I connect from, and they know who I email. Why they fuck do they keep asking for a phone number?
Google, after you fix that glitch in you system, please quit trying to force me into using an interface I hate. All I want is to be able to read my email, and all that requires is the exchange of text. I sign on, you deliver data. What could be more simple?
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Apple employs more than enough lawyers to help them determine whether offering their products for sale in a particular market would produce a fair result or not, so yes, the EU should force Apple to provide whatever it requires other manufacturers to provide to their customers.
For most products I would agree with you, but after three in-home repairs my TV was declared a lemon and replaced with a newer model free of charge. If I had not purchased that warranty I would be starring at a $2000 pile of junk.
So I guess this raises the question of why Europeans bought Apple products despite those products breaking the law? Did they have faith in that their government would enforce the law, or did they simply not care that the law was being broken?
A requirement that forces companies to disclose a one on one comparison between its and its competetors products would go a long way in ensuring the goal of informed buyers buying fully disclosed products. Nowadays though it seems only the ones hiding the most get the most.
Too preserve free markets? The way it is today those who project the illusion that they away the most for free bury those who actually give the most for free.
So the best way to avoid cell phone overage charges is not to use a cell phone? In answer to your sig, yes! And cell phone companies depend on them for profit!!c
If you get all panty-bunched about they have to be open, then you're just as bad as Apple is with their locked-down-only stuff.
You are as bad as those who want to lock you down if you get upset when someone tries to lock you down? Is that like getting your "panties in a wad" against those who want to enslave you when you are against slavery? What kind of logic is that?
It's a free market thing. A lot of the responses in this discussion have it exactly backwards. Businesses don't care how much effort it takes to get a STEM degree, all they care about is what profits STEM graduates can earn for them.
$0, but computing is a hobby for me, not a lifestyle. I enjoy the challenge of making things work. Others might be willing to spend a few bucks for them if they value time over freedom.
Okay, so those short-term-profit-maximizing execs made decisions that hurt the west, and by allowing them to benefit from the pain they caused the west is collectively responsible.
So it's dictatorship for you then?
Surely you aren't suggesting that a system that allows the minority to impose its will on the majority is any better, are you? Personally I think the US founders had it mostly right. First protect everyones right to life, then protect their liberty, and finally protect their right to pursue happiness. Yes they made mistakes through compromises along the way...allowing some to be slaves in order to allow others to pursue happiness was a huge mistake. But for the most part their vision was wise.
Yep, even if your data arrives ahead of the stream your program will be considered a putz if its output isn't displayed instantanously!
That really is the only question that need to be answered. Prove to the shareholders that it will, and they will support it.
Good for you! But how does that benefit me?
No. Though we are a small market we are still nontheless important. Until nVidia enables open source purists like me to get at least 50% performance out of their hardware I'll be recommending their GPUs be avoided.
Fair enough, but why focus on small screens first? Wouldn't it be more logical to concentrate on ensuring that those writing Gnome applications have a nice, usable interface first?
So can we make a general rule then, such as when using a small screened device use Gnome3 and when using a normal screened device use something else? Seriously, people have real work to get done and don't have time to waste experimenting with flavor of the month UIs.
That depends on how you define "evil", I suppose. Asking for phone numbers and forcing interface on those who don't want them are pretty "evil" in my book. Is anyone else sick and tired of seeing "Gmail's getting a new look soon."? I mean really, where in the hell is the "I just want to check my email and don't want a new look" option?
Which do you think is stronger, the provider who keeps customers by locking them in or the provider who keeps customers by providing superior service? Which is the better customers, those who stay with you because they are trapped or those who stay with you because they like you?
Scarier to me are the government mandated witch hunts that you say are necessary.
Since it's the witchunters who determine who the witches are I will mostly be one of those labeled. Why? Because I have a firm belief that the founders chose the order of the words "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" for a very good reason. You can't have liberty if you are not alive, and you can't pursure happiness if you aren't free to do so. Logically then the number one focus of government must be to ensure that everyone all that is necessary to live. The prevelant view in the US today is more "I've gots to get mine and screw you if you didn't get yours!"
Even being over fifty my memory is still usually good enough to know what I put where, but in the rare cases I do forget my pager pops up what I have running on a particular desktop when I mouse over it. I use 9 by the way, makes a nice cube, and switch between them with ctl-alt-arrow key combinations.
Not really, she's just reaching out and licking her children.
Really, that is all I wish Google would quit asking for. Seriously, why do they need it? I say no over and over again and still they insist they need it to protect me from me! Why? They know what IP I connect from, and they know who I email. Why they fuck do they keep asking for a phone number?
Google, after you fix that glitch in you system, please quit trying to force me into using an interface I hate. All I want is to be able to read my email, and all that requires is the exchange of text. I sign on, you deliver data. What could be more simple?