many companies (including Microsoft) have Student and Home editions of their software and it says right there in the EULA that you aren't allowed to use those programs to produce content for commericial distribution. Look it up.
Your argument has been destroyed and it was the easiest thing I did all day.
This is a free program that Apple has put a lot of R&D effort into--obviously they are using it as a way of priming their eTextbook initiative and understandably they don't want to subsidize other ebook ecosystems.
Noone is putting a gun to your head, and noone is saying that this is the only format than an iPad can use.
TFA said so plainly. The iBooks format is html5 wrapped is a very thin container (Apple likes content standards). Their authoring tool is essentially a specialized html editor. Nothing stops you from taking the content you used to create an iTextBook and then using it to create a nearly identical eTextBook on another platform. You just aren't supposed to take the exact same thinly wrapped.ibook file and make that available outside of Apple's store. Maybe it's a silly clause, but obviously since they don't claim to own your content then they aren't stopping you from releasing said content in any form you choose.
Historically (and notable when compared to some other countries), Americans have an attitude that hard work cleanses the spirit and invigorates the mind and body--which is why if you give an American time off then often they will spend it "working on the house, gardening, studying" or some other productive task. Other cultures derisively refer to this as Americans "living to work, rather than working to live". Though it isn't strictly a work thing, you see it also in the way that Americans handle their play time, as well--they feel guilty if that time isn't "well spent" with some intense play, or intense relaxation--if that makes sense--, or intense shopping, etc. The sense of time-managament figures prominently into how sociologists measure cultures against one another (there are cultures where time is something decidedly finite, not to be "wasted", and other cultures where "wasting time" is a foreign concept).
Americans are hardly unique in how they manage their work/life balance; some Asians cultures have similar attitudes, parts of Northern Europe, Canada, and so on. Americans are probably disproportionately derided because the American culture has higher visibility through media/internet.
That's exactly what they do all right, they copy what other manufacturers make and then charge 5x for it. Absolutely, no question about that--no wonder they are losing so much money.
then you would note that even if they weren't in orbit of a planet or the Sun, there would still be gravity because everything with mass exerts a gravitational force. So there is gravity attracting the astronauts to the spacestation and to one another.
Note how this indulgent exposition added so little to the discussion. Hmmmm.
I'm going to print it out and put it on the shelf next to:
* "Buggy whip industry still growing with no end in sight"
* "Refrigeration is no threat to the ice delivery business"
* "Travel agents expect little competition from internet sales"
Slashdot Mirror
and of course it says "Designed by Apple in California", because it was. It also says, "Made in China", which is also true.
are you annoyed that Apple is being too honest on their products?
so yeah, I guess it doesn't matter who is in office--they're all the same. right?
by union labor.
good post otherwise
many companies (including Microsoft) have Student and Home editions of their software and it says right there in the EULA that you aren't allowed to use those programs to produce content for commericial distribution. Look it up.
Your argument has been destroyed and it was the easiest thing I did all day.
Do you think everyone on the planet is supposed to know what Linux is? Grow up.
This is a free program that Apple has put a lot of R&D effort into--obviously they are using it as a way of priming their eTextbook initiative and understandably they don't want to subsidize other ebook ecosystems.
Noone is putting a gun to your head, and noone is saying that this is the only format than an iPad can use.
TFA said so plainly. The iBooks format is html5 wrapped is a very thin container (Apple likes content standards). Their authoring tool is essentially a specialized html editor. Nothing stops you from taking the content you used to create an iTextBook and then using it to create a nearly identical eTextBook on another platform. You just aren't supposed to take the exact same thinly wrapped .ibook file and make that available outside of Apple's store. Maybe it's a silly clause, but obviously since they don't claim to own your content then they aren't stopping you from releasing said content in any form you choose.
Try again.
Grrrrh--get off my lawn.
two, there's now a competitive marketplace for textbooks.
elsewhere though:
> "Americans are hardly unique in how they manage their work/life balance"
American
Historically (and notable when compared to some other countries), Americans have an attitude that hard work cleanses the spirit and invigorates the mind and body--which is why if you give an American time off then often they will spend it "working on the house, gardening, studying" or some other productive task. Other cultures derisively refer to this as Americans "living to work, rather than working to live". Though it isn't strictly a work thing, you see it also in the way that Americans handle their play time, as well--they feel guilty if that time isn't "well spent" with some intense play, or intense relaxation--if that makes sense--, or intense shopping, etc. The sense of time-managament figures prominently into how sociologists measure cultures against one another (there are cultures where time is something decidedly finite, not to be "wasted", and other cultures where "wasting time" is a foreign concept).
Americans are hardly unique in how they manage their work/life balance; some Asians cultures have similar attitudes, parts of Northern Europe, Canada, and so on. Americans are probably disproportionately derided because the American culture has higher visibility through media/internet.
If you don't enjoy your job, then that sucks.
Different cultures have different attitudes about work/life balance. I get the shakes if I'm away from work for more than a couple days.
don't matter. Now you know the truth.
with union labor.
armed vigilante justice? are you sitting on some better form of government that we should all know about?
That's exactly what they do all right, they copy what other manufacturers make and then charge 5x for it. Absolutely, no question about that--no wonder they are losing so much money.
Are you familiar with that expression?
then you would note that even if they weren't in orbit of a planet or the Sun, there would still be gravity because everything with mass exerts a gravitational force. So there is gravity attracting the astronauts to the spacestation and to one another.
Note how this indulgent exposition added so little to the discussion. Hmmmm.
long time.
I'm going to print it out and put it on the shelf next to:
* "Buggy whip industry still growing with no end in sight"
* "Refrigeration is no threat to the ice delivery business"
* "Travel agents expect little competition from internet sales"
Good luck.
I was trying to have a legitimate discussion but if you want to be a douche then you can be a douce by yourself, alone, dry-humping your Android.