In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:58:20 +0100
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> Wozniak hates Open Sauce
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | In an interview with eWeek, Woz said that there are always people who want
> | things to be free and the open-source movement starts with those sort of
> | people.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/wozniak-hates-open-sauce
"Undoes all the good Apple bought into the world"?
Hahahahahahaha....*ahem*...excuse me, somebody's in serious
need of a reality check. :-)
Of course, I'm wondering whether this was The Woz, who
used to be such a great gadget fan, or Jobs, who was
supposedly the "Mister Businessman" of Apple, if my
memory is correct.
But never mind. He'd better start learning how to swim
in "Open Sauce", lest he drown in its subtle spices. :-)
>
> Apple promises to kill unlocked Iphones
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/apple-promises-to-kill-unlocked-iphones
They're better dead anyway. While the iPhone's software
is pretty neat, and the iPhone's display system nice,
the actual EDGE hardware sucks boulders through a soda
straw, from all accounts I'm aware of.
>
> Apple warns hacking iPhone may harm it
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | IPhone owners who have unlocked their handsets so they could use carriers
> | other than AT&T may end up with a phone that doesn't work after the company's
> | next software update, Apple Inc. warned Monday.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070924/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone
Well, doesn't that sound just like Microsoft's issues with
modified XBoxes? *smirk*
>
> Just like the iPod. And out there you have many apologists
> who don't realise that Apple is even worse than Microsoft
> in that respect.
Well, personally, I'm not certain. Of course, given these
reports one does have to wonder.
>
> Apple and Open Source?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Have I missed the controversy? Or are they contributing more to open source
> | than I've seen. Or is Apple so cool that it's beyond reproach? Let me know
> | your thoughts.
> `----
>
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/09/apple_and_open.html
>
The ad I got for Winserver 2003 is interesting:
(Illinois) STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS LINUX WAS TOO BIG A RISK
Mmm, toast, with FUD dressing.
Of course Apple has its own issues. I'm not sure what to make of them.
>
> Related:
>
> Apple?s options for stopping open source iPhone use
>
> ,----[ Quot ]
> | While Apple isn?t going to passively watch while others develop open-source
> | programs for its devices, it isn?t clear how aggressively the company plans
> | to go after hackers. Steve Jobs called the back-and-forth battle between
> | Apple and hackers a ?a cat-and-mouse game? where ?people will try to break
> | in, and it's our job to stop them breaking in,? but he didn?t give specific
> | details on what the company planned to do.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/092007-apple-stop-open-source-iphone.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
The best Apple might do is find the hackers who declare "we've opened
the IPhone", and sic the feds on them using DMCA. The intent of the
DMCA, after all, is to prohibit circumvention of DRM systems.
The courts, admittedly, will probably take a dim view of
all this, if it ever gets there (various circuit judges
have already thrown out attempts to ban sales of mature
video games to minors, which they regard as a form of
censorship, apparently). However, the DMCA is law until
thrown out.
>
>
> iPod Classic Will Be Supported
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | As recently reported on Slashdot, Apple, in its infinite wisdom,
> | has added a checksum to the iPod database apparently to restrict
> | non-iTunes products (like Amarok via libgpod) from having the
> | ability to add music.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | From #gtkpod today:
> |
> | <wtbw> okay guys
> |
> | <wtbw> i think we're done.
> |
> | <wtbw> let me code something just to check
> |
> | [30 minutes later]
> |
> | <wtbw> can i hear a fuck yeah?
> |
> | <wtbw> works for both mine and xamphears :>
> `----
>
> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html
>
Oops.
If Apple is going to get serious about this, they'd better think
about 1024-bit digital signatures. (And then they'd better
think of ensuring the physical key doesn't get stolen.)
>
> iPhone unlocking software: open source developers where are you?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Meanwhile, an open source iPhoneSIMFree or software like it could provide a
> | perfectly legal antidote to the restrictions currently in place.
> |
> | The question then is are there any open source developers out there smart
> | enough to come up with this much needed iPhone cracking solution? Come on,
> | the world is waiting for you to make your name.
> `----
>
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14313/1023/
>
>
> Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a
> | fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone
> | (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an
> | exclusive launch on one of their networks.
> `----
>
> http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/24gphone.htm
>
>
> Closed iPhone opens road for Linux phones
>
> ,----[ Summary ]
> | With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and
> | other smart devices
> `----
>
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/08/apple_gives_lin.html?source=rss
We'll see. On a phone, Linux is invisible -- until DRM gets involved.
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