yes because keeping on pushing out the same shit and never trying anything new even at the risk of being called "gimmicky" is the way to innovation! Really!
Linus doesn't have the RMS/ESR stick up his ass about "open." Linux was built out of necessity because no good x86 based *NIX or BSD was available. if HURD got off the ground, Linus wouldn't have bothered with Linux.
People aren't going to be utopians and not give in to greed, temptation, or corruption because we're all libertarians now. In fact, if the Government wasn't checking that the T's were crossed and the lower case J's were crossed...
The problem isn't Libertarianism, Liberalism, Conservatism, etc. The problem is that our socioeconomic system right now is in a state where idiots can get on the national stage and really ruin it for the rest of us.
How quaint. It ignores union busting and anti-union legislation.
There was hardly a middle class in those days, and for anyone who was part of the labor force, your life SUCKED. Libertarianism was a phase we did go through, but left.
What about the gilded age? Very little Government intervention, lots of room for a man with an idea to prosper...
Except oh yeah, the rich abused the poor who had no leverage against the rich. We tried Libertarianism. It was socially inequitable and lead to many abuses.
I think you're wrong in the sense that hardware developers need thousands upon thousands of games. They just need a stable of games that push hardware. I'll grant you that having more games in their online shop will be a plus, but, by and large most people probably won't even see the bottom to such a store.
I think MS screwing with WP7 is going to be inevitable but unintentional. Given the in fighting corporate culture at MS, negligence is more plausible than out right malice.
I think though, they need to be more selective and choosy than Apple is for their game store. Nintendo certainly was around when the market fell out on gaming back in the 80's due to the massive amount of absolute crap ware that was shoveled out. Right now, the big net that's keeping that from happening is that unlike the 2600, the iPhone, the DS and the Vita can offer those games for very cheaply with out taking up store shelve space.
As a gamer, I'd hate to think that games like Metal Gear, Street Fighter and Sim City just wouldn't be possible to get into the hands of guys like me because corporate interests are chasing after the last big hit with lousy clones rather than going for the next big one.
I think it's despicable that Google ran around, and especially Andy Rubin, ran around touting "It's free!" when you now can't build from source AND Google's looking to sue MS for showing an outside consultant 3.x source.
I think Ellison's willing to fuck Google on completely unrelated terms. Making Señor Jobs happy is only a fringe benefit. If Ellison made all of his decisions to make Apple happy, he'd push Java to not suck so bad and get it back into Apple's good graces.
"AdMob will automatically collect and receive information about those visitors such as, but not limited to, browser identifiers, session information, browser cookies, device type, carrier provider, IP addresses, unique device ID, carrier user ID, geo-location information, sites visited and clicks on advertisements we display."
Google's AdMob, Adsense is similar.
The iPhone generates twice a day a random ID and this ID is used for iAd. This is enough to get the right ad for the right place to the right device, but not enough to find out what device it is and what user it is (because the ID is random) and even this anonymous "you" can't be tracked over time, because the ID changes to another random ID every 12 hours. Tell me what you want, I think this is quite a reasonable implementation. I don't trust them, but with this implementation I don't need to trust them to begin with. As it should be.
Google is way more evil than Apple is. Sure, Apple's selling you a walled garden. But that's what you're expecting. Google's trying to say, "WE'RE FREE AND OPEN!" when what they really mean is, "WE WANT TO HARVEST YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR OUR ADVERTISING OVERLORDS!"
Trojan. Horse.
Fuck you, Google.
(Okay, yes, I'll still use Search, Maps and images... but that's it!)
They don't, and I suspect, they wouldn't snoop in on your voice or text conversations(I was being needlessly hyperbolic), but they are actively tracking other data relating to phone and data usage and it's kind of scary.
iAd and Bing aren't Apple and MSFT's bread and butter. Also, iAd at least, no idea about Bing, also has better data retention policies and better privacy policies than Google's AdSense network.
As far as what should *vendors* do? I don't know. They're big boys ran by guys who have MBAs and PhDs. If I have to come up with the good ideas, they're fucked. They're doubly fucked if they rely on Android and if the future is Android for them. If the Oracle's permanent injunction comes down, they're triple fucked.
What should *consumers* do? Not take this shit. Not from Apple, not from Microsoft, and especially not from Google.
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so just because you don't know what it's useful for immediately means that it's just a gimmick?
Talk about argument from ignorance.
yes because keeping on pushing out the same shit and never trying anything new even at the risk of being called "gimmicky" is the way to innovation! Really!
Linus doesn't have the RMS/ESR stick up his ass about "open." Linux was built out of necessity because no good x86 based *NIX or BSD was available. if HURD got off the ground, Linus wouldn't have bothered with Linux.
Why not? It's just good business.
People aren't going to be utopians and not give in to greed, temptation, or corruption because we're all libertarians now. In fact, if the Government wasn't checking that the T's were crossed and the lower case J's were crossed...
The problem isn't Libertarianism, Liberalism, Conservatism, etc. The problem is that our socioeconomic system right now is in a state where idiots can get on the national stage and really ruin it for the rest of us.
You mean like FLDS Warren Jeffs style polygamy. Not a bunch of hippies working in an organic coop who might be polyamorous polygamy?
I like the latter.
How quaint. It ignores union busting and anti-union legislation.
There was hardly a middle class in those days, and for anyone who was part of the labor force, your life SUCKED. Libertarianism was a phase we did go through, but left.
The solution to both isn't less Government, it's more fair Government.
Right, because it's laws, not a massive build up in wealth, that give corporations huge advantages over smaller business concerns.
What's not working out right now is the massive push for the rich to screw everyone else. Unfortunately, we need Government for that.
What about the gilded age? Very little Government intervention, lots of room for a man with an idea to prosper...
Except oh yeah, the rich abused the poor who had no leverage against the rich. We tried Libertarianism. It was socially inequitable and lead to many abuses.
Let's suppose you're playing a board game like say, monopoly.
If someone gets up, knocks the board over and shoves the racecar up their nose, is that a problem with monopoly or the player?
I think you're wrong in the sense that hardware developers need thousands upon thousands of games. They just need a stable of games that push hardware. I'll grant you that having more games in their online shop will be a plus, but, by and large most people probably won't even see the bottom to such a store.
iridium satellite phones count?
I think MS screwing with WP7 is going to be inevitable but unintentional. Given the in fighting corporate culture at MS, negligence is more plausible than out right malice.
Just like deciding not to count Android tablets in Android sales figures.
What? I thought those fell into, "margin of error."
I think Nintendo and Sony need to do 1.
I think though, they need to be more selective and choosy than Apple is for their game store. Nintendo certainly was around when the market fell out on gaming back in the 80's due to the massive amount of absolute crap ware that was shoveled out. Right now, the big net that's keeping that from happening is that unlike the 2600, the iPhone, the DS and the Vita can offer those games for very cheaply with out taking up store shelve space.
As a gamer, I'd hate to think that games like Metal Gear, Street Fighter and Sim City just wouldn't be possible to get into the hands of guys like me because corporate interests are chasing after the last big hit with lousy clones rather than going for the next big one.
That's the TiVoization aspect to GPLv3.
I think it's despicable that Google ran around, and especially Andy Rubin, ran around touting "It's free!" when you now can't build from source AND Google's looking to sue MS for showing an outside consultant 3.x source.
Yeah but where's the WebKit based browser's source?
It'd be nice to see companies compete instead oF blatantly ripping each other off.
So where's the Xoom's source?
From the article, there's speculation it could've been a proto image dug up during discovery and that would be actually much worse for Samsung.
I think Ellison's willing to fuck Google on completely unrelated terms. Making Señor Jobs happy is only a fringe benefit. If Ellison made all of his decisions to make Apple happy, he'd push Java to not suck so bad and get it back into Apple's good graces.
"AdMob will automatically collect and receive information about those visitors such as, but not limited to, browser identifiers, session information, browser cookies, device type, carrier provider, IP addresses, unique device ID, carrier user ID, geo-location information, sites visited and clicks on advertisements we display."
Google's AdMob, Adsense is similar.
The iPhone generates twice a day a random ID and this ID is used for iAd. This is enough to get the right ad for the right place to the right device, but not enough to find out what device it is and what user it is (because the ID is random) and even this anonymous "you" can't be tracked over time, because the ID changes to another random ID every 12 hours. Tell me what you want, I think this is quite a reasonable implementation. I don't trust them, but with this implementation I don't need to trust them to begin with. As it should be.
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Seriously.
Google is way more evil than Apple is. Sure, Apple's selling you a walled garden. But that's what you're expecting. Google's trying to say, "WE'RE FREE AND OPEN!" when what they really mean is, "WE WANT TO HARVEST YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR OUR ADVERTISING OVERLORDS!"
Trojan. Horse.
Fuck you, Google.
(Okay, yes, I'll still use Search, Maps and images... but that's it!)
Uh.
iPods played MP3 just fine. Also, iTMS files now play just fine on any given device that supports AAC, at the behest OF Apple.
Also, Apple not sharing the iTMS isn't monopolistic or unfair. Vendor lockin for consumers? Sure. Unfair from a device vendor stand point?
Hardly.
They don't, and I suspect, they wouldn't snoop in on your voice or text conversations(I was being needlessly hyperbolic), but they are actively tracking other data relating to phone and data usage and it's kind of scary.
iAd and Bing aren't Apple and MSFT's bread and butter. Also, iAd at least, no idea about Bing, also has better data retention policies and better privacy policies than Google's AdSense network.
As far as what should *vendors* do? I don't know. They're big boys ran by guys who have MBAs and PhDs. If I have to come up with the good ideas, they're fucked. They're doubly fucked if they rely on Android and if the future is Android for them. If the Oracle's permanent injunction comes down, they're triple fucked.
What should *consumers* do? Not take this shit. Not from Apple, not from Microsoft, and especially not from Google.