Well, the Steve Jobs that executed that plan never made it to the top, so that's why Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs. Perhaps the former had more luck in some other universe.
Now that everybody seems to be targeting HTML5 and javascript in the back-end, perhaps finally W3C will make HTML and js more developer friendly.
Right now, the HTML and js combo seems to be targeted at novice users, who don't use it anyway, in any direct form.
With a more developer-friendly environment, we could start making our own scripting languages and run them on the web. Heck, we could even write our own rendering systems and send them along with our code. Doing something like that with the current W3C specs seems just plain silly.
Sorry, I meant baking figuratively. They are using their own designs (which they may have licensed from another firm; they can make modifications of course).
I don't understand these hackers, they only promote the lock-in policies of Apple. Because having Siri for a while may lure more users to Apple. After a while, Apple will just close the hole by using the UID's of the phone, like others mentioned, or some kind of unbreakable private-key cryptosystem.
Further, all those jailbreaking tools which are available just give Apple users a reason to say "hey, I'm not locked in, I can always jailbreak my device".
While you can root your device now, it does not mean you can root it forever. Apple devs are smart enough to make the system close to unbreakable, because cryptography is not that hard, and by the way, they are baking their own ICs now.
So I think Apple is just happy with this (relatively small) jailbreaking scene, just like Microsoft was happy with their software being illegally copied for a long while.
They still have a lot of reserves, and they can buy a lot of goodwill if it would serve them. So, unfortunately, I'm not sure if that statement is an accurate representation of the situation they are in.
I like your post, it is spot-on. However, I have the feeling that most slashdotters need not be informed how the patent system is failing, or even what modifications to the system would be appropriate. I just wish the discussions here would shift focus from the problem to the solution, or else I'm afraid we'll see another decade of patent-frustrations posted to slashdot.
This raises the question: when do we get an "open" open-source* search engine?
*one we have the source-code to, so we know that our search results are genuine; and also one we can rely on for not sharing our thoughts with other parties.
The fundamental problem here is that google's services are ones you'd expect a government to run. But of course, google is not the government and the free market model in which google operates does not force them to work as a government. In other words, they do not need to serve the needs of all of their clients, but instead, to make a profit, they need to serve the needs of most of their clients. And that's the fundamental problem, and it isn't going away until either the government takes over google, special regulations are put in place, or our market model is fundamentally changed. This whole iframe thing is just symptomatic of this problem.
If social networks would just fall under the same laws as telecom companies, then those companies would simply be prohibited to inspect the messages that their users send around (even if their services are "free", and even if those messages are intended for a group of people instead of just one person a time).
Why aren't we just approaching the problem from this angle?
At least microsoft targets business users as well.
However, if this trend continues, and other companies follow Apple in targeting the average Joe, then I foresee a sad future, where devices are locked down, professionals pay big bucks to get the tools they need, and universities and open source developers can't get hardware they can freely develop on.
Being fed up with postfix and exim, I recently wrote a simple e-mail server using python. I followed the RFC standard as well as I could, but to my surprise, I noticed there are numerous special undocumented tricks one needs to know to get mail through to the recipient in a reliable way (whitelists, blacklists, reverse dns, etc). I am wondering if anybody here knows if there is a place on the net where such tricks are documented.
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Well, the Steve Jobs that executed that plan never made it to the top, so that's why Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs.
Perhaps the former had more luck in some other universe.
Or perhaps I just need to go to sleep.
Now that everybody seems to be targeting HTML5 and javascript in the back-end, perhaps finally W3C will make HTML and js more developer friendly.
Right now, the HTML and js combo seems to be targeted at novice users, who don't use it anyway, in any direct form.
With a more developer-friendly environment, we could start making our own scripting languages and run them on the web. Heck, we could even write our own rendering systems and send them along with our code. Doing something like that with the current W3C specs seems just plain silly.
Sorry, I meant baking figuratively. They are using their own designs (which they may have licensed from another firm; they can make modifications of course).
I don't understand these hackers, they only promote the lock-in policies of Apple. Because having Siri for a while may lure more users to Apple. After a while, Apple will just close the hole by using the UID's of the phone, like others mentioned, or some kind of unbreakable private-key cryptosystem.
Further, all those jailbreaking tools which are available just give Apple users a reason to say "hey, I'm not locked in, I can always jailbreak my device".
While you can root your device now, it does not mean you can root it forever. Apple devs are smart enough to make the system close to unbreakable, because cryptography is not that hard, and by the way, they are baking their own ICs now.
So I think Apple is just happy with this (relatively small) jailbreaking scene, just like Microsoft was happy with their software being illegally copied for a long while.
I feel sorry for the creators of all the flash content, but OTOH, they should have thought better when they chose that platform in the first place.
The next closed platform to tackle, iOS?
Let me put it differently: you can't buy (real) friends, but you CAN buy business partners.
Mod this AC up please, very interesting!
They still have a lot of reserves, and they can buy a lot of goodwill if it would serve them. So, unfortunately, I'm not sure if that statement is an accurate representation of the situation they are in.
Hey, it was Apple who came up with the "Think different" slogan. Why shouldn't Androidites use "Think smart" as their own? ;)
We'd be sued for the "think" part.
..geckos filing for patent injunctions.
I like your post, it is spot-on. However, I have the feeling that most slashdotters need not be informed how the patent system is failing, or even what modifications to the system would be appropriate. I just wish the discussions here would shift focus from the problem to the solution, or else I'm afraid we'll see another decade of patent-frustrations posted to slashdot.
This raises the question: when do we get an "open" open-source* search engine?
*one we have the source-code to, so we know that our search results are genuine; and also one we can rely on for not sharing our thoughts with other parties.
Instead, he created a new "Innovator's dilemma":
What crap patents does my invention infringe upon? How many legal fees will I have to pay to get my product to market?
striving to put everybody out of a job is a vastly noble endeavor
Yes, but let's not forget to change the economic system too, and hence the distribution of wealth.
Having one person or one company holding all the power surely does not sound like a utopia to me.
Sometimes is this kick in the pants that forces people to innovate.
Sorry, but the patent system already rules out this option.
The fundamental problem here is that google's services are ones you'd expect a government to run. But of course, google is not the government and the free market model in which google operates does not force them to work as a government. In other words, they do not need to serve the needs of all of their clients, but instead, to make a profit, they need to serve the needs of most of their clients. And that's the fundamental problem, and it isn't going away until either the government takes over google, special regulations are put in place, or our market model is fundamentally changed. This whole iframe thing is just symptomatic of this problem.
I just cannot imagine the amount of garbage which that iPod docking connector has caused.
And every time I walk into an electronics store, I'm thinking: what a waste.
They didn't say they didn't avoid patents in the other models.
But that might be too much logic for a mere attorney.
Yep, and to a rotating observer, the universe stands still ;)
IANAP, but I guess a single proton spinning with an enormous speed in the opposite direction may null the angular momentum.
Perhaps he just missed that one proton.
Many devices including the iPhone and iPad have moved away from the "overlapping windows" metaphor, so who cares anymore?
On second thought, perhaps the author of the good old Unix "screen" utility should start to sue some companies.
social networks offer services that you can choose not to use
Uhm, you can also choose not to use telecom services... or what am I missing?
If social networks would just fall under the same laws as telecom companies, then those companies would simply be prohibited to inspect the messages that their users send around (even if their services are "free", and even if those messages are intended for a group of people instead of just one person a time).
Why aren't we just approaching the problem from this angle?
At least microsoft targets business users as well.
However, if this trend continues, and other companies follow Apple in targeting the average Joe, then I foresee a sad future, where devices are locked down, professionals pay big bucks to get the tools they need, and universities and open source developers can't get hardware they can freely develop on.
Being fed up with postfix and exim, I recently wrote a simple e-mail server using python. I followed the RFC standard as well as I could, but to my surprise, I noticed there are numerous special undocumented tricks one needs to know to get mail through to the recipient in a reliable way (whitelists, blacklists, reverse dns, etc). I am wondering if anybody here knows if there is a place on the net where such tricks are documented.
PS: IANAS (I am not a spammer, honestly)