Aside from the token Darwin effort by Apple, why is it that the Slashdot crowd seems to be so enthusastic about Apple? They are the epitome of closed-everything.
Consider:
They won't let anyone else build Mac-compatible machines anymore.
They won't let anyone else sell Macs online unlessthe store arranges for customers who already own a Mac to setup a password/account/etc
If they had their way, nobody but Apple owners would have been able to use a graphical interface. (Bogus lawsuits, copyrights, patents on GUIs)
Quicktime, all under Apple's control.
FireWire® - registering a trademarked name for an IEEE standard. Only they can use the name if they so choose!
Apple is much worse than Microsoft. The difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates is that Gates was smarter, and made more money. If Apple had its way, it'd be even more of a monopoly than the boys in Redmond.
I'm afraid that's been the case here for the past few months, at least.
There still seems to be a bit of backlash amongst a number of readers about CmdrTaco's "Tech Crash Is Totally Off Topic" bit and then the Voices from the Hellmouth deal.
It's not at all clear to me anymore what constitutes "valid" news for the site, or what kind of timeliness to expect. If you really want the latest general-purpose tech news, you're probably going to get it faster somewhere else.
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Apple has produced a mouse with no buttons before it produced a mouse with two buttons.
Consider:
- They won't let anyone else build Mac-compatible machines anymore.
- They won't let anyone else sell Macs online unlessthe store arranges for customers who already own a Mac to setup a password/account/etc
- If they had their way, nobody but Apple owners would have been able to use a graphical interface. (Bogus lawsuits, copyrights, patents on GUIs)
- Quicktime, all under Apple's control.
- FireWire® - registering a trademarked name for an IEEE standard. Only they can use the name if they so choose!
Apple is much worse than Microsoft. The difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates is that Gates was smarter, and made more money. If Apple had its way, it'd be even more of a monopoly than the boys in Redmond.Are you sure your not a big fat transvestite that can't get laid either ?
This is what happens when you start giving people iMacs. I'm guessing tangerine.
There still seems to be a bit of backlash amongst a number of readers about CmdrTaco's "Tech Crash Is Totally Off Topic" bit and then the Voices from the Hellmouth deal.
It's not at all clear to me anymore what constitutes "valid" news for the site, or what kind of timeliness to expect. If you really want the latest general-purpose tech news, you're probably going to get it faster somewhere else.