You've be forgiven for thinking this was a BBC list - what with all the postings about Apple and all - I know it's a bit OT, but apparently a British company (X2) are touting an 'iTablet' that looks to be anything but closed:
http://bit.ly/dojyX9 Not a peep on news.bbc.co.uk - but I guess that's to be expected these days. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts < bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 19:26, Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 18:57, Scot McSweeney-Roberts > > > > I don’t think _anybody_ claimed that Apple was “open”. Apple have, > > however, become far _more_ open than they were, and are continuing to > > do so. > > > And I'd say they're about as closed as they ever were. Apple's most > open products were the non Steve Jobs ones (the Apple II series, the > Netwon and the Pippin had it been released). The Mac was at it's most > open when SJ wasn't around, and the iPxxx series are all about making > things even more closed. > > > > Do you actually use any Apple products or pay any attention to changes > > due to land in upcoming OS releases, or is your information almost > > exclusively based on news reports and anecdotes? > > I still use my Netwon. My powerbook has been sitting in a cupboard > since it's power supply went. I retired my 4400 (running debian as a > server) last year. I have another 8 Apples (a //e, a III, a Lisa and > several Macs of various vintage) in storage. As an apostate apple fan > boy I still find myself keeping up with what Apple are doing even > though I have no intention of going back to the them any time soon. > > > If you want Atom support, patch it yourself. > > And end up with what, a Darwin based BSD experience? In that case I'd > save myself time and stick with FreeBSD. > > > > Scot > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- You can't build a reputation based on what you are going to do.
