Hay guys did you know that Samsung is about to release a foldable tablet? This isn't like all those other times they said they were about to release a foldable tablet because _______________
Google has plenty to lose when people add exploitable installers to "its ecosystem", to use your term. "Their ecosystem" (to use your term) has a reputation already for being lax security-wise, and mostly for just this sort of issue, the fact that they don't wall off their garden as strenuously as some others (evidence for this: side-loading still exists). They also would obviously prefer that people use their methods for install, since they get money and are able to police the security better. So, three separate motives, but unless you're distorting things for the purpose of rhetoric all three point to Google being open and honest and letting their users know of a vulnerability.
Sunshine isn't a bad thing unless you're trying to hide something.
All the people who actually "masterminded" that silly pretty building must love when instead the Cult of Personality gives all the credit to the guy who makes colorful icons.
Nice to see the corporate hype machine isn't ignoring good ol' Slashdot in their attempts to spin up buzz. I predict a game-changing paradigm-blowing corporate word salad about a stupid smart phone that will be an incremental improvement over its predecessors!
The world's most secure smartphone, if you trust every government in the world and BlackBerry employees given the authority to choose which government requests they assist with by ignoring your privacy...
"The Fandroid talk"
Gotcha. I guess it's a good thing there's good honest neutral folk like yourself out there to stand up for your favorite brand. Please keep those dirty trolls who don't like your favorite brand honest.
Wow I love how the OP gets called a troll just for asking if Apple's version of iOS is bloaty and mentioning that he's used Android. Then I look at the comments and everybody who agrees that its slow on older hardware is scored low, and everybody who posts that its just fine are scored up.
OP this is your fault for blaspheming.
A bus will only get a few mpg, but carries a lot more people. Replacing every bus in the states would be far less helpful for our environment than doing the same with cars/trucks/SUVs. I get the feeling this article is just for generating press for electric buses.
Self serving and customer-centric are one and the same in this case. I see nothing wrong with that, and I have nothing but respect for Microsoft doing this. They will likely be facing down some pretty serious daily fines while they wait for this to play out, at least judging from how cases like this have gone in the past. Good on them, whatever their motives.
While MS is the company that everybody who ever liked MacOS or Linux loves to hate, it's been a long time since they've been actively hostile to open source, and they contribute quite a bit to it. Frankly it's been a long time since I've seen a good reason to dislike them any more than any other corporation in an adversarial relationship with a product I like.
Make sure to get a standing desk that can adjust, and yes I consider them necessary for long-hours shifts now that I've been using one. They make a huge difference in my health, both my co-workers and I have lost weight just standing a few hours a day, and much less aches and pains too. About 1/3 of our staff that has them don't use them.
They have been for a long time, along with many others who would love to get to their position in the market. Apple chases profit like all other companies, they just oft have a better UI.
The first thing Jobs did when he came back to Apple was axe all the Mac-clones that were being built. The second thing they did was try their best to put all non-Apple Macintosh repair shops out of business, and then open the Apple Stores once they'd done so.
They haven't changed business models, they just now have a dominant market position to leverage. Frankly I think they learned a lot of their current tactics from MS, but they've never had everybody's best interests at heart, any more than MS or anyone else did.
I noted that they decline to say which application did their network in. Considering T-Mobile's motives in this discussion, while I find their story believable I think it's pretty poor reporting calling an anecdote news.
Yeah, I'll agree on this one. The iPod Touch's DRM doesn't negatively affect Stanza, a (currently) free app for iPod/iPhone and Windows (and maybe other OSs too but I don't bother to care).
You can open just about any eBook format in Stanza including text or rtf, then it shares wirelessly to your iPod in the correct format without you even having to save it as a converted file anywhere. The function is simply beautiful and effortless, and it made this iPod I was given from a poor mp3 player that can't even do ogg (I mean really c'mon now Apple can't you do anything right but UIs?) into my new killer app.
Not necessarily, I liked XP and when I'm using hardware that it supports I love Linux. Consider them using joysticks and trackballs respectively:V
What can I say though, I want the Mac OS on hardware that I can build myself. My preferred choice doesn't exist, I was hoping the Psystar case would make it a possibility...
If you'd like. Maybe you're trolling me, but I just don't consider them thieves. They're a couple of guys who like using the Mac OS (like I used to) on non-Mac hardware (like I used to do with my Motorola Starmax). They're do-it-yourself-ers, like a lot of people are. They take the best part of one thing (that they, in this case, paid money for), and stick it to the best part of another thing (that they, in this case, paid money for) and sold the results.
This is not a bad thing. This is in the interest of the consumer (e.g. me, although I never bought one of these myself) if the consumer likes choices. They're chipping away at a monopoly, something I'm surprised is even considered the slightest bit controversial on this site.
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Hay guys did you know that Samsung is about to release a foldable tablet? This isn't like all those other times they said they were about to release a foldable tablet because _______________
no not perfectly at all
Google has plenty to lose when people add exploitable installers to "its ecosystem", to use your term. "Their ecosystem" (to use your term) has a reputation already for being lax security-wise, and mostly for just this sort of issue, the fact that they don't wall off their garden as strenuously as some others (evidence for this: side-loading still exists). They also would obviously prefer that people use their methods for install, since they get money and are able to police the security better. So, three separate motives, but unless you're distorting things for the purpose of rhetoric all three point to Google being open and honest and letting their users know of a vulnerability. Sunshine isn't a bad thing unless you're trying to hide something.
YES THANK YOU came here to post this
All the people who actually "masterminded" that silly pretty building must love when instead the Cult of Personality gives all the credit to the guy who makes colorful icons.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/s... --- was that it?
Nice to see the corporate hype machine isn't ignoring good ol' Slashdot in their attempts to spin up buzz. I predict a game-changing paradigm-blowing corporate word salad about a stupid smart phone that will be an incremental improvement over its predecessors!
They did not update their review, they posted that they may.
The world's most secure smartphone, if you trust every government in the world and BlackBerry employees given the authority to choose which government requests they assist with by ignoring your privacy...
Yeah I'm still boycotting Sony and the rest of the MPAA over Napster, for that matter.
yes this forum is totally windows tech support I just hope your post feels welcome
"The Fandroid talk" Gotcha. I guess it's a good thing there's good honest neutral folk like yourself out there to stand up for your favorite brand. Please keep those dirty trolls who don't like your favorite brand honest.
Wow I love how the OP gets called a troll just for asking if Apple's version of iOS is bloaty and mentioning that he's used Android. Then I look at the comments and everybody who agrees that its slow on older hardware is scored low, and everybody who posts that its just fine are scored up. OP this is your fault for blaspheming.
A bus will only get a few mpg, but carries a lot more people. Replacing every bus in the states would be far less helpful for our environment than doing the same with cars/trucks/SUVs. I get the feeling this article is just for generating press for electric buses.
Self serving and customer-centric are one and the same in this case. I see nothing wrong with that, and I have nothing but respect for Microsoft doing this. They will likely be facing down some pretty serious daily fines while they wait for this to play out, at least judging from how cases like this have gone in the past. Good on them, whatever their motives.
Seriously. Stealing there is a way of life.
I know I hate how Chinese people are always so racist oh wait that's you
While MS is the company that everybody who ever liked MacOS or Linux loves to hate, it's been a long time since they've been actively hostile to open source, and they contribute quite a bit to it. Frankly it's been a long time since I've seen a good reason to dislike them any more than any other corporation in an adversarial relationship with a product I like.
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Make sure to get a standing desk that can adjust, and yes I consider them necessary for long-hours shifts now that I've been using one. They make a huge difference in my health, both my co-workers and I have lost weight just standing a few hours a day, and much less aches and pains too. About 1/3 of our staff that has them don't use them.
They have been for a long time, along with many others who would love to get to their position in the market. Apple chases profit like all other companies, they just oft have a better UI. The first thing Jobs did when he came back to Apple was axe all the Mac-clones that were being built. The second thing they did was try their best to put all non-Apple Macintosh repair shops out of business, and then open the Apple Stores once they'd done so. They haven't changed business models, they just now have a dominant market position to leverage. Frankly I think they learned a lot of their current tactics from MS, but they've never had everybody's best interests at heart, any more than MS or anyone else did.
I noted that they decline to say which application did their network in. Considering T-Mobile's motives in this discussion, while I find their story believable I think it's pretty poor reporting calling an anecdote news.
Yeah, I'll agree on this one. The iPod Touch's DRM doesn't negatively affect Stanza, a (currently) free app for iPod/iPhone and Windows (and maybe other OSs too but I don't bother to care). You can open just about any eBook format in Stanza including text or rtf, then it shares wirelessly to your iPod in the correct format without you even having to save it as a converted file anywhere. The function is simply beautiful and effortless, and it made this iPod I was given from a poor mp3 player that can't even do ogg (I mean really c'mon now Apple can't you do anything right but UIs?) into my new killer app.
Not necessarily, I liked XP and when I'm using hardware that it supports I love Linux. Consider them using joysticks and trackballs respectively :V
What can I say though, I want the Mac OS on hardware that I can build myself. My preferred choice doesn't exist, I was hoping the Psystar case would make it a possibility...
If Ford sold the only cars with steering wheels and automatic transmissions, then I might agree that your analogy is apt.
If you'd like. Maybe you're trolling me, but I just don't consider them thieves. They're a couple of guys who like using the Mac OS (like I used to) on non-Mac hardware (like I used to do with my Motorola Starmax). They're do-it-yourself-ers, like a lot of people are. They take the best part of one thing (that they, in this case, paid money for), and stick it to the best part of another thing (that they, in this case, paid money for) and sold the results. This is not a bad thing. This is in the interest of the consumer (e.g. me, although I never bought one of these myself) if the consumer likes choices. They're chipping away at a monopoly, something I'm surprised is even considered the slightest bit controversial on this site.