> Huh, Jeff, WTF? Mark--It's very simple.
Tom operates under the RDF'd delusion that Apple is some kind of warm-hearted, sweet-little-aunt-who-bakes-you-pies company that only behaves badly when backed into a corner by the mean men outside the loving confines of Cupertino. I choose the reality-based view that Apple's normal operating methodology is that of a very coercive company which insists on stove-piping its customers for maximum profit, who then, in turn, thank Apple profusely for that honor. The iPhone is only one of many examples. Mind you, Apple is free to operate its business in any way it chooses to do so, short of fraud, and I'm free to avoid their products as I see fit. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
