Canadians: Dont listen to this moron, Yankees are uniquely hated worldwide... and hes trying to say that Canadians cannot escape the gravity of that hate, that we too are hated, and we should just get used to it... NOT TRUE . He is trying to provide solice and comfort to his Yankee brothers who cannot understand why Canadians are *not* hated like they are... this is a unique ploy - completely without merit. Having similar accents -- to those unaquianted with their subtle differences* -- might lead someone to mis-identify a Canuck as a Yankee... clear it up quick and notice the difference in treatment.
Yankees: Stop and wonder for a moment why people take issue with you, based on your nationality. If your a nice person, and deserve to be treated with respect, stop and think for a moment why it is that your lumped in with "them" for which the default treatment for Americans is Bad.
Why is this? Its not jealousy - NO MATTER WHAT OPHRA WINFRY SAYS, not all critisism springs from the wells of jealousy.... the world is not Jealous of America. Simple. So, what is it? Think about it... please propose some of the reasons below. Just imagine for a moment, what would make people think badly about America?
*To other Native English Speakers: I can mostly identify the difference between an Aussie, Kiwi, SA, Irish, Scott etc etc accents, but not immediately. I bet most Brits can pick them out very quickly. Its similar w/ English speaking NAmericans. I can immediately identify someone who lives in Manitoba from someone who lives in NewMexico. A Newfie from an Ontarian.
Please, give us more credit than an our immdediate NorthAmerican accent.
CowboyNeal: Hopefully this will help them retain important members of their sales and service teams.
Are you kidding? Your going to waste $25M on sales? Service, or Engineering I might agree with... but the fat-boys in Sales should probably be locked up. Executive sales ALWAYS inflate their projections - there in a better place than any to raise the "we are loosing revenue" flag... but they never do.
That said, paying a "few key executives" of ANY stripe is a bad idea... the day one of these pompuous-windbags-with-a-good-hair-cut-and-nice-su it does 100000times the productive work of a janitor (or any other member of labour) is the day Ill eat these words.
Legalized Robbery is right.. fraud.. and another example of American Corporatism run absolutely wild.
oh, the UN is the New World Gummint - run for your milita-headquarters!
Americans are so afraid of democracy the UN scares them. Hint to Americans, your government seems at odds with the UN because you have bad priorities... the rest of the world disagrees with you... does that mean THEY are all WRONG?
Fulan Gong == Scientology as far as religion is concerned...
im not saying FulanGong is not a 'legitamate' religion like Christianity or somesuch, i feel no religion has any value..
Fulan Gong appears to exist to serve some purpose OTHER than simple idol-worshipping religion.. more about raising the ire of western religious freedom advocates...
Porshe didnt "design" shit. They are allowing their BRAND and its mythos to be used in Marketing of a laptop.
Big whoop... would you buy something simply because it said "Porshe" on it? Its like those morons who put Nike stickers on the rear windows of their rice-rockets... its a fusion of brand-lifestyle-attitude that has been sold by marketroids to Consumers^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HPeople.
Having said that - its a nice enough laptop.. but guaranteed to be $X overpriced to payfor the brand-licensing trash... Yawn.
Ive been hearing alot of this argument -- mostly from Christians who believe the planet was created by their god, for their exploitation (Your a Christian are you not..?) -- but let me explain why this is a pointless argument.
What humans do is unnatural. Why? Because it is out of balance. Humans build dams (as opposed to beaver dams) that will last thousands of years. Left unchecked we would dam ever river. Beavers, not being at the top of the food chain (physically (with regards to food) or figuratively (which we are by virutue of intellect)) do not have this ability. Their dams are within context of their surroundings. Their dams exist briefly, where other forces of nature are able to destroy, alter, remove, overcome a few beaver dams.
Skyscrapers are unnatural because they exist in place of all else. No flora or fauna grows in/around a skyscraper. The process which these things are sown is destroyed. Concrete, Glass are not a growin medium for trees. Where, on the other hand you termites build piles of dust. Maybe 1/3 the height of the shrubs around them -- to scale. Of materials that are about as permenant as the footstep of some furry-woodland-creature.
What we do is decidedly unnatural do to scale. And, because we are able to do as we wich -- to EXCLUDE MOST ALL OTHER LIFE -- in a place (like say urban centers) is unnatural. Nature exists in balance with itself. Out symbiosis with nature has been unsettled. Humans cannot replace/remove all other life and stand up and say "this is the new nature, of our creation." -- because what we create WILL NOT BE ANOTHER/DIFFERENT *NATURE*, it will be something UN-NATURAL.
To see my prespective you must also try and specualate about the future... this alarm about the destruction of the natural world is about as much to do with today as it does the future. TODAY we still have wild spaces (unchanged by humans) with other species acting in balance with one another. Our path, based on our consumption and disregard (arrogance and hubris (as youve displayed)) are going to guarantee we eventually remove the rest of the life from this planet.
When we've finished paving over the planet, we will discover that the very thing that allowed us to become what we are (intelligent/creative/self-aware) will no longer exist. I belive somewhere, deep down in our psyche, humans rely on open spaces.. on the other live things in the world for more than food. We are just naked apes, and when we remove our abiltiy to be alone in nature we will become something else.. something unhuman. Our very sanity requires the wild places in the world... its part of our hardwiring.
I cannot imagine the hubris that is required to say "f nature, humans can do as we please" while we destroy the world that gave us birth. For what? another shopping mall? another plastic-kitchen-convenience? This is such a simple argument, its about considering the alternative (above), the goal/desire (SUVs) and making a decision based on priorities.
Again, Canada Outranks our neighbours. in honour of that, Ill tell a little joke:
God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "Well, I wonder God, Is it wise bestowing all these great gifts on a single place -- on a single people?"
God replies "well, its not as simple as it looks, wait until the you see the Assholes I put next to them.
Badda-Bing, Ill be hear all week, tip your waitress.. try the Lasagna.
and reminds me of the other wackos that claim that it would take 8 Earths or whatever to support everyone at the level of the US How about huge multi-level greenhouses built in the middle of nowhere?
one of the points of that argument are that people (including myself - being as big a treehugger as you can get) would like to see more of the planet left in a natural (unmolested by humans) state. I enjoy having a relationship w/ nature. I enjoy wildlife. I enjoy parkland. As much as I enjoy them, I also recognize there is a schrodenger's cat problem w/ my being there... to compensate for this 'destruction', there should (imho) be equal (or more) natural space that is meant to be off-limits to people.
And another thing, the planet covered w/ multi-level greenhouses so we can drive SUVs, have unnatural domestic landscapes, dispose of everything etc etc etc -- the Consumer Culture of the West -- isnt my idea of a good future. Besides, are you willing to bet our fate on the enviromental technology advances? Its quite a risk, I would personally advocate a more sustainable existance - this avoids the issue altogether... see how easy that is? no risk. no danger... and (quite easily arguably) a better society.
What exactly is an American "New Democrat"? Unless ive missed something, you only have Democrats and Republicans... one of which has formed every government for over 100 years.
Canada has a New Democratic Party.. Im happy to hear you Yanks are finally paying attention.*
*that was a joke, i know nothing of the 'new democrats' in the USA, but im betting they are even MORE right than the ever so vibrant Right-Right duopoly of the American Republicrats.
Can you believe that this unscrupulous women would try and besmirch the good reputation of the honourable and Trustworthy(TM) reputation of Microsoft Corp.? What has this world come to, when, a lowly maggot such as this can expose the righteous to such scourn, oh heavens me, What Great and GRAND Injustice , Microsoft has endured enough of an attack from this nat. Feel not pitty for her, for she will feel the wrath of God's scourn.
I for one stand shoulder to shoulder with -- and will stand and fight for the honour -- of Microsoft, to help them endure this vile mudslinging.
on that topic, of hypocrisy wrt ones past, it brings up another point... more recent world events...
Funny, and they are also (because they were victors (those who control the present control the past)) describe their Revolution is a just and honourable war.
The US Revolution was really a terrorist effort. Disproportional warfare was fought by the Americans, the British, and other power powers of the time had strict rules of engagement. Certain things were "allowed" and "unallowed" during warfare. The Americans, outmatched by the British Forces employed distinctly divergent tactics (raids, ambushes etc) that were -- at the time -- considered barbaric, disgraceful and un-honourable.... Terrorism.
Today, the US, faced with a rebellion; fought against them by a weaker force -- required to employ techniques that change the rules of engagement -- the Americans are now condemning them as barbaric, disgraceful: terrorists.
Am i trying to justify recent acts of violence? No. I just find it INCREDIBLY amazing that a country, that has, to be exceeded by no other -- Chosen to live by the sword -- are so self-righteous and smug wrt the barbarians at the gate. My American neighbours: Witness the fruits of Neo-Imperialism. BTW, anyone who harms another is barbarian - you cannot except yourself from the label just because you tell yourselves so on CNN.
What else do you expect the US to do today wrt IP? We have not progressed beyond State-Politics to the point where international or non-national policies are employed. Presently, the Americans enjoy a great deal of influence in a world's dynamics that they have spent a great deal influencing. "They've made the rules", within the framework of national power (recent history)... America, the present world power is the only one (short of revolution and uprising or a challenge of that power, often bloody - but not absolutely mandatory. The Americans have the opportunity to ADJUST THE SYSTEM OF POWER. To say finally, the present system is broken (look at the war, famine, etc etc) and we will be a part of devising a NEW system.... they shun most all international effort that doesn't serve them explicitly. So, am i surprised that the NYT sees Yankee IP law as hypocrisy? not at all, its more of the same, and not at all unique.
No, "OSX is leveraging OpenSource via Fink is exactly what I meant.
Fink, is being used by OSX users to leverage the value in OpenSource.
If they don't like it they can always develop GPLed code. Personally, I'd be torqued to have my developments used by a few tens of millions of new people. And some of those developers are quite well paid by Apple BTW.
Yes, some are paid by Apple - big deal. As to the 'marketshare' increase, and the ego-jollies by coders who get a hardon by knowing many people use their code, again, who cares? OSX users are still beholden to Apple. And Im talking about Freedom here. OSX users are as unfree as MS users.
Stay with your GPLed half-baked crap. Me? I've got work to do and OS X actually does it Wow, How long have you been a Mac User? It looks like the "It just Works" mantra has gotten your head completely shoved up your butt. Please, come back to reality..
the commenter of course says nothing to support his claims.
because everyone (at least on/. i'd bet) knows that Aqua is closed.
I dont need to repeat that, and my statements are both A) Correct (imho) and B) OnTopic; a JFS is irrelevant, the OS itself is not something people who enjoy their Freedom would Use, Support or Advocate. OSX is closed (for all intents and purposes), add an AutoMagic Fallatio Output and OSX still sucks.*
*not because "SubtleNuance is a horrible fanboy who hates mac users" but because Apple is trading on the resurgent populatrity of Unix on the desktop, and the success in winning Share by the GNU/Linux && BSD camps. Apple 'stole' (i know, bsd coders licensed their code for anypurpose.. but that doesnt make it less true) BSD, slapped a Closed GUI ontop and sold people BSD - on closed Hardware.
Really, I believe it is massively offensive, and Im surprised more people dont agree. I actually like - VERY MUCH - what ive seen of OSX, its cool... but Ive got an issue with paying money for bits, and Ive got an issue with being beholden to gatekeepers - in this case Apple, in the x86 world: MS.
for all the users crying OSX rulez, dont forget the Freedom in GNU/Linux has a purpose - to avoid being owned by MS or Apple or Sun or many others who would enslave your computing lives.
Hm, im fully aware OSX is leveraging OpenSource via Fink.
By Putting Aqua ontop of BSD, they have very neatly co-opted all the work of the BSDers. While I do understand that is within the rights granted in a BSD license, I wonder if those BSD coders look favourably - or see themselves as - being the Unpaid Development Team Apple has co-opted.
OSX is decidedly NOT Free Software - Apple has selling OSX by saying "Here, we'll give the Car Away for Free (Darwin), but you cant have the keys unless you pay-to-play (Aqua).
for all the users crying OSX rulez, dont forget the Freedom in GNU/Linux has a purpose - to avoid being owned by MS or Apple or Sun or many others who would enslave your computing lives.
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Canadians: Dont listen to this moron, Yankees are uniquely hated worldwide... and hes trying to say that Canadians cannot escape the gravity of that hate, that we too are hated, and we should just get used to it... NOT TRUE . He is trying to provide solice and comfort to his Yankee brothers who cannot understand why Canadians are *not* hated like they are... this is a unique ploy - completely without merit. Having similar accents -- to those unaquianted with their subtle differences* -- might lead someone to mis-identify a Canuck as a Yankee... clear it up quick and notice the difference in treatment.
Yankees: Stop and wonder for a moment why people take issue with you, based on your nationality. If your a nice person, and deserve to be treated with respect, stop and think for a moment why it is that your lumped in with "them" for which the default treatment for Americans is Bad.
Why is this? Its not jealousy - NO MATTER WHAT OPHRA WINFRY SAYS, not all critisism springs from the wells of jealousy.... the world is not Jealous of America. Simple. So, what is it? Think about it... please propose some of the reasons below. Just imagine for a moment, what would make people think badly about America?
*To other Native English Speakers: I can mostly identify the difference between an Aussie, Kiwi, SA, Irish, Scott etc etc accents, but not immediately. I bet most Brits can pick them out very quickly. Its similar w/ English speaking NAmericans. I can immediately identify someone who lives in Manitoba from someone who lives in NewMexico. A Newfie from an Ontarian.
Please, give us more credit than an our immdediate NorthAmerican accent.
Hear Hear!
u it does 100000times the productive work of a janitor (or any other member of labour) is the day Ill eat these words.
CowboyNeal: Hopefully this will help them retain important members of their sales and service teams.
Are you kidding? Your going to waste $25M on sales? Service, or Engineering I might agree with... but the fat-boys in Sales should probably be locked up. Executive sales ALWAYS inflate their projections - there in a better place than any to raise the "we are loosing revenue" flag... but they never do.
That said, paying a "few key executives" of ANY stripe is a bad idea... the day one of these pompuous-windbags-with-a-good-hair-cut-and-nice-s
Legalized Robbery is right.. fraud.. and another example of American Corporatism run absolutely wild.
funny - that post is 100% insightfull.
..and that is not funny at all.
oh, the UN is the New World Gummint - run for your milita-headquarters!
Americans are so afraid of democracy the UN scares them. Hint to Americans, your government seems at odds with the UN because you have bad priorities... the rest of the world disagrees with you... does that mean THEY are all WRONG?
think about it.
Fulan Gong == Scientology as far as religion is concerned...
im not saying FulanGong is not a 'legitamate' religion like Christianity or somesuch, i feel no religion has any value..
Fulan Gong appears to exist to serve some purpose OTHER than simple idol-worshipping religion.. more about raising the ire of western religious freedom advocates...
think about it.
Porshe didnt "design" shit. They are allowing their BRAND and its mythos to be used in Marketing of a laptop.
Big whoop... would you buy something simply because it said "Porshe" on it? Its like those morons who put Nike stickers on the rear windows of their rice-rockets... its a fusion of brand-lifestyle-attitude that has been sold by marketroids to Consumers^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HPeople.
Having said that - its a nice enough laptop.. but guaranteed to be $X overpriced to payfor the brand-licensing trash... Yawn.
um yes.
i believe all non-consentual commercail communication should be banned (including billboards, junkmail, spam and crap like this.)
How about Mass Littering?
equally offensive.
Im with you. The RIAA will never get another dime. Ill use the Library and burn CDs i like -- if im not happy w/ the mp3s i dload.
sorry for the spalling, havnt had a coffee yet.
Ive been hearing alot of this argument -- mostly from Christians who believe the planet was created by their god, for their exploitation (Your a Christian are you not..?) -- but let me explain why this is a pointless argument.
What humans do is unnatural. Why? Because it is out of balance. Humans build dams (as opposed to beaver dams) that will last thousands of years. Left unchecked we would dam ever river. Beavers, not being at the top of the food chain (physically (with regards to food) or figuratively (which we are by virutue of intellect)) do not have this ability. Their dams are within context of their surroundings. Their dams exist briefly, where other forces of nature are able to destroy, alter, remove, overcome a few beaver dams.
Skyscrapers are unnatural because they exist in place of all else. No flora or fauna grows in/around a skyscraper. The process which these things are sown is destroyed. Concrete, Glass are not a growin medium for trees. Where, on the other hand you termites build piles of dust. Maybe 1/3 the height of the shrubs around them -- to scale. Of materials that are about as permenant as the footstep of some furry-woodland-creature.
What we do is decidedly unnatural do to scale. And, because we are able to do as we wich -- to EXCLUDE MOST ALL OTHER LIFE -- in a place (like say urban centers) is unnatural. Nature exists in balance with itself. Out symbiosis with nature has been unsettled. Humans cannot replace/remove all other life and stand up and say "this is the new nature, of our creation." -- because what we create WILL NOT BE ANOTHER/DIFFERENT *NATURE*, it will be something UN-NATURAL.
To see my prespective you must also try and specualate about the future... this alarm about the destruction of the natural world is about as much to do with today as it does the future. TODAY we still have wild spaces (unchanged by humans) with other species acting in balance with one another. Our path, based on our consumption and disregard (arrogance and hubris (as youve displayed)) are going to guarantee we eventually remove the rest of the life from this planet.
When we've finished paving over the planet, we will discover that the very thing that allowed us to become what we are (intelligent/creative/self-aware) will no longer exist. I belive somewhere, deep down in our psyche, humans rely on open spaces.. on the other live things in the world for more than food. We are just naked apes, and when we remove our abiltiy to be alone in nature we will become something else.. something unhuman. Our very sanity requires the wild places in the world... its part of our hardwiring.
I cannot imagine the hubris that is required to say "f nature, humans can do as we please" while we destroy the world that gave us birth. For what? another shopping mall? another plastic-kitchen-convenience? This is such a simple argument, its about considering the alternative (above), the goal/desire (SUVs) and making a decision based on priorities.
Again, Canada Outranks our neighbours.
in honour of that, Ill tell a little joke:
God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "Well, I wonder God, Is it wise bestowing all these great gifts on a single place -- on a single people?"
God replies "well, its not as simple as it looks, wait until the you see the Assholes I put next to them.
Badda-Bing, Ill be hear all week, tip your waitress.. try the Lasagna.
and reminds me of the other wackos that claim that it would take 8 Earths or whatever to support everyone at the level of the US
How about huge multi-level greenhouses built in the middle of nowhere?
one of the points of that argument are that people (including myself - being as big a treehugger as you can get) would like to see more of the planet left in a natural (unmolested by humans) state. I enjoy having a relationship w/ nature. I enjoy wildlife. I enjoy parkland. As much as I enjoy them, I also recognize there is a schrodenger's cat problem w/ my being there... to compensate for this 'destruction', there should (imho) be equal (or more) natural space that is meant to be off-limits to people.
And another thing, the planet covered w/ multi-level greenhouses so we can drive SUVs, have unnatural domestic landscapes, dispose of everything etc etc etc -- the Consumer Culture of the West -- isnt my idea of a good future. Besides, are you willing to bet our fate on the enviromental technology advances? Its quite a risk, I would personally advocate a more sustainable existance - this avoids the issue altogether... see how easy that is? no risk. no danger... and (quite easily arguably) a better society.
What exactly is an American "New Democrat"? Unless ive missed something, you only have Democrats and Republicans... one of which has formed every government for over 100 years.
Canada has a New Democratic Party.. Im happy to hear you Yanks are finally paying attention.*
*that was a joke, i know nothing of the 'new democrats' in the USA, but im betting they are even MORE right than the ever so vibrant Right-Right duopoly of the American Republicrats.
if the government pays a non-employee to write code
if the gov. is paying someone to write code, that someone is an employee.
Canada doesnt have Nuclear Arms.
Its a Peace thing - next question.
...though, Its not a doubt that our telecomm infrastructure is linked w/ the warmongers to the South.
Did you read his post? Incredibly well organized, argued and extremely lucid.
The Character assasination your are indulging yourself in -- much like misrepresentation of his "GNU" arguments.
Let me ask you, do you get paid DoublePlusGood to parrot RMS attacks? I believe, as i usually do when I read RMS, that he is exactly correct.
Your branding him a dork is fucking pointless. Im a dork, your a dork, he's a dork -- what the fuck does that have to do with any-fucking-thing?
100% proof that shit rolls down hill.
Can you believe that this unscrupulous women would try and besmirch the good reputation of the honourable and Trustworthy(TM) reputation of Microsoft Corp.? What has this world come to, when, a lowly maggot such as this can expose the righteous to such scourn, oh heavens me, What Great and GRAND Injustice , Microsoft has endured enough of an attack from this nat. Feel not pitty for her, for she will feel the wrath of God's scourn.
I for one stand shoulder to shoulder with -- and will stand and fight for the honour -- of Microsoft, to help them endure this vile mudslinging.
I am absolutely agast.
I say we BURN HER AT THE STAKEEE!!!
on that topic, of hypocrisy wrt ones past, it brings up another point... more recent world events...
Funny, and they are also (because they were victors (those who control the present control the past)) describe their Revolution is a just and honourable war.
The US Revolution was really a terrorist effort. Disproportional warfare was fought by the Americans, the British, and other power powers of the time had strict rules of engagement. Certain things were "allowed" and "unallowed" during warfare. The Americans, outmatched by the British Forces employed distinctly divergent tactics (raids, ambushes etc) that were -- at the time -- considered barbaric, disgraceful and un-honourable.... Terrorism.
Today, the US, faced with a rebellion; fought against them by a weaker force -- required to employ techniques that change the rules of engagement -- the Americans are now condemning them as barbaric, disgraceful: terrorists.
Am i trying to justify recent acts of violence? No. I just find it INCREDIBLY amazing that a country, that has, to be exceeded by no other -- Chosen to live by the sword -- are so self-righteous and smug wrt the barbarians at the gate. My American neighbours: Witness the fruits of Neo-Imperialism. BTW, anyone who harms another is barbarian - you cannot except yourself from the label just because you tell yourselves so on CNN.
What else do you expect the US to do today wrt IP? We have not progressed beyond State-Politics to the point where international or non-national policies are employed. Presently, the Americans enjoy a great deal of influence in a world's dynamics that they have spent a great deal influencing. "They've made the rules", within the framework of national power (recent history)... America, the present world power is the only one (short of revolution and uprising or a challenge of that power, often bloody - but not absolutely mandatory. The Americans have the opportunity to ADJUST THE SYSTEM OF POWER. To say finally, the present system is broken (look at the war, famine, etc etc) and we will be a part of devising a NEW system.... they shun most all international effort that doesn't serve them explicitly. So, am i surprised that the NYT sees Yankee IP law as hypocrisy? not at all, its more of the same, and not at all unique.
No, "OSX is leveraging OpenSource via Fink
is exactly what I meant.
Fink, is being used by OSX users to leverage the value in OpenSource.
If they don't like it they can always develop GPLed code. Personally, I'd be torqued to have my developments used by a few tens of millions of new people. And some of those developers are quite well paid by Apple BTW.
Yes, some are paid by Apple - big deal. As to the 'marketshare' increase, and the ego-jollies by coders who get a hardon by knowing many people use their code, again, who cares? OSX users are still beholden to Apple. And Im talking about Freedom here. OSX users are as unfree as MS users.
Stay with your GPLed half-baked crap. Me? I've got work to do and OS X actually does it
Wow, How long have you been a Mac User? It looks like the "It just Works" mantra has gotten your head completely shoved up your butt.
Please, come back to reality..
the commenter of course says nothing to support his claims.
/. i'd bet) knows that Aqua is closed.
because everyone (at least on
I dont need to repeat that, and my statements are both A) Correct (imho) and B) OnTopic; a JFS is irrelevant, the OS itself is not something people who enjoy their Freedom would Use, Support or Advocate. OSX is closed (for all intents and purposes), add an AutoMagic Fallatio Output and OSX still sucks.*
*not because "SubtleNuance is a horrible fanboy who hates mac users" but because Apple is trading on the resurgent populatrity of Unix on the desktop, and the success in winning Share by the GNU/Linux && BSD camps. Apple 'stole' (i know, bsd coders licensed their code for anypurpose.. but that doesnt make it less true) BSD, slapped a Closed GUI ontop and sold people BSD - on closed Hardware.
Really, I believe it is massively offensive, and Im surprised more people dont agree. I actually like - VERY MUCH - what ive seen of OSX, its cool... but Ive got an issue with paying money for bits, and Ive got an issue with being beholden to gatekeepers - in this case Apple, in the x86 world: MS.
I *really* like Computing Libre.
Meet your new boss, same as the old boss.
for all the users crying OSX rulez, dont forget the Freedom in GNU/Linux has a purpose - to avoid being owned by MS or Apple or Sun or many others who would enslave your computing lives.
remember that when you think about OSX.
flaimbait my arse.
Ever hear of XBox? I wonder what XBox2 will do.. or XBox 3...
Hm, im fully aware OSX is leveraging OpenSource via Fink.
By Putting Aqua ontop of BSD, they have very neatly co-opted all the work of the BSDers. While I do understand that is within the rights granted in a BSD license, I wonder if those BSD coders look favourably - or see themselves as - being the Unpaid Development Team Apple has co-opted.
OSX is decidedly NOT Free Software - Apple has selling OSX by saying "Here, we'll give the Car Away for Free (Darwin), but you cant have the keys unless you pay-to-play (Aqua).
Meet your new boss, same as the old boss.
for all the users crying OSX rulez, dont forget the Freedom in GNU/Linux has a purpose - to avoid being owned by MS or Apple or Sun or many others who would enslave your computing lives.
remember that when you think about OSX.