I think that Linux succeeded because early Linux users were enthusiastic and evangelistic. In that time between 92 and 96, I don't think I saw anyone singing BSD's praises except hardcore sysadmin types. Whatever system usability advantages Linux had was because of its fanatical user base.
Apple fanboi disclosure tag. Wouldn't it be neat if/. let you tag your own UID as "Apple/Android/Linux/PHP/VIM/etc fanboy?" I digress.
if you haven't read it yet, read Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace sometime.
Ever since the C64/Apple II days, hackers by and large have been pretty social creatures. Sure, the book's about cracking and phreaking. But, the reality is that each incremental change in our lives where tech has become more and more accepted did the job more than Apple(I wish I could credit Apple here) and you see it from the 80's and early 90's in the novel that these dudes aren't RMS clones eating their own toe fungus.
Which is why I'm facepalming at everyone here decrying what's going on. What's going on isn't happening in a vacuum. TOS violation = CFAA violation makes sense when you look at the practical applications of TOS violations that they're trying to prosecute now with regards to cyber bullying and other abusive use of social networking. It's incredibly tone deaf in light of what's happened..
Despite that, what I'm really double facepalming on is that there's a huge unintended consequence and that everyone's right to be worried.
There needs to be a sane path to being able to prosecute the abuse of FB/Twitter/etc. in such a way it's leading to suicide, etc.
Yeah and that's great and all, if you just want to crap out useless prototypes that never actually go anywhere(the BitCoin research is pretty cool though)... heaven forbid you have an idea that threatens Office, Windows or the Xbox divisions.
Life at Microsoft R&D must be some bizarre sisyphean effort that's somehow rewarding when you *almost* get that boulder up the hill.
I don't think Indian programmers are lousy, the ones who wind up code farms shitting out steaming piles of code for some overseas contract tend not be good enough to get an H1B or a job with a respected Indian firm.
thatâ(TM)s when he got the judge involved, to issue an injunction that she not delete any material and order the attorneys to exchange passwords for both spouses so that they could conduct discovery
Oh come on, let's be realistic here, the amount of lifeforce that Sony devices sucks is minimal. I use my PSP, three walkmen and a sony TV everyday just to keep my nails from growing.
Besides, while I can grasp the remote, when I'm home, my parents can't grasp how to get the tv back into the HDMI input that makes the cable box work.
So yeah, there aren't just issues... there's ISSUES.
When the features you paid for might as well not even be there because some chump can't figure out how to make the damn thing work right, then there are problems.
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QUICK SOMEONE SUE APPLE!
By innovate you mean, "making the same crappy Windows Mobile phones everyone else was making at the time?"
Or by innovate you mean, "putting a godawful skin on top of android?"
err, since when was there a right to piracy?
According to the jobs bio, he wasn't concerned with beating android. It was about making cool shit.
He's used to living in the margins.
I think that Linux succeeded because early Linux users were enthusiastic and evangelistic. In that time between 92 and 96, I don't think I saw anyone singing BSD's praises except hardcore sysadmin types. Whatever system usability advantages Linux had was because of its fanatical user base.
I don't think that Apple's using their patents on grounds of competition.
I think Steve was so genuinely butthurt over the Android backstab by Schmidt that's it's personal; not professional.
Duh, but no one knows I'm also a Debian fanboy either.
screw you. I like the Occupy movement.
okay I'm very upset no one took me seriously when I said we should call ourselves, "OccuPants..." but...
Apple fanboi disclosure tag. Wouldn't it be neat if /. let you tag your own UID as "Apple/Android/Linux/PHP/VIM/etc fanboy?" I digress.
if you haven't read it yet, read Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace sometime.
Ever since the C64/Apple II days, hackers by and large have been pretty social creatures. Sure, the book's about cracking and phreaking. But, the reality is that each incremental change in our lives where tech has become more and more accepted did the job more than Apple(I wish I could credit Apple here) and you see it from the 80's and early 90's in the novel that these dudes aren't RMS clones eating their own toe fungus.
i love my iphone, and i'll never pick up a windows phone 7 device...
I just wish that Apple would install a catflap like Microsoft did with WP7.
(The ADD inducing Metro UI can stay though)
Oh Ayn Rand.
You can tell when people don't know the meaning of the phrase, "Dunning Kruger effect" when they quote Ayn Rand.
Which is why I'm facepalming at everyone here decrying what's going on. What's going on isn't happening in a vacuum. TOS violation = CFAA violation makes sense when you look at the practical applications of TOS violations that they're trying to prosecute now with regards to cyber bullying and other abusive use of social networking. It's incredibly tone deaf in light of what's happened..
Despite that, what I'm really double facepalming on is that there's a huge unintended consequence and that everyone's right to be worried.
There needs to be a sane path to being able to prosecute the abuse of FB/Twitter/etc. in such a way it's leading to suicide, etc.
Yeah and that's great and all, if you just want to crap out useless prototypes that never actually go anywhere(the BitCoin research is pretty cool though)... heaven forbid you have an idea that threatens Office, Windows or the Xbox divisions.
Life at Microsoft R&D must be some bizarre sisyphean effort that's somehow rewarding when you *almost* get that boulder up the hill.
Not legally.
However Andy Rubin kind of opened his mouth...
Really? I haven't noticed a problem on Lion or Mint
Can I mod +0? +1 for insightful and -1 for "Dick"?
Idiot proof? The iphone got a drunk moron in jail.
Maybe I should fear siri now...
I bought an PS3. 400 bucks and I haven't had to upgrade since. Maybe I might buy a slick SSD and throw it in there for giggles.
I don't think Indian programmers are lousy, the ones who wind up code farms shitting out steaming piles of code for some overseas contract tend not be good enough to get an H1B or a job with a respected Indian firm.
I agree on the second part, disagree on the first part.
Thin devices are awesome. sucks to grip them but i love the engineering that goes into making something that tiny.
thatâ(TM)s when he got the judge involved, to issue an injunction that she not delete any material and order the attorneys to exchange passwords for both spouses so that they could conduct discovery
From TFA.
Yeah, it was all about discovery.
That's not fair. When RIM put out the Pearl Flip, that's when everyone realized it wasn't cool anymore.
Oh come on, let's be realistic here, the amount of lifeforce that Sony devices sucks is minimal. I use my PSP, three walkmen and a sony TV everyday just to keep my nails from growing.
You're blowing this way out of proportion.
I was joking. jeez.
Besides, while I can grasp the remote, when I'm home, my parents can't grasp how to get the tv back into the HDMI input that makes the cable box work.
So yeah, there aren't just issues... there's ISSUES.
When the features you paid for might as well not even be there because some chump can't figure out how to make the damn thing work right, then there are problems.
I'd love for a tv to come out that doesn't have more buttons on it's remote than a nuclear submarine's control panel.