Simple answer is that those closed platforms never had the renaissance that the Compaq initiated clone wars brought to PC's. Now we have choice and I will bash & attack anything that wants to set us back 30 years of progress. On Apr 16, 2012 9:37 AM, "Francisco Tapia" <[email protected]> wrote:
> nobody is forcing you to buy apple, and osx. While there are people who > pick up white box machines, there are countless more that pickup the > HP/Dells. Only when you are buying a white box machine do you get a choice > to not install any OS and do it yourself at home. I don't understand why > it's bad that Apple controls their hardware and software. Nobody complains > that you can't run a nintendo os on a sony psp hardware, or vice versa. If > I buy a Dell I know I am buying into windows. at least it's not a straight > forward way to purchase ubuntu i7 laptops. I just checked. so while I > "CAN" go out of my way to download ubuntu, and install. I can't just > receive my shiny new laptop open it up and login, and proceed to dump my > photos, videos and music into it. I have to first do the wipe/install :-/ > thats not tough, but I have to wait I want to use my new shiny laptop > now... :) > > I've enjoyed the back and forth in this thread, mostly because I was all > anti-Apple a few years ago. > > for the arguments that Apple is a bully and that they don't play fair with > their licensing, well... is it a requirement that all companies license > their patents to anyone? I do agree that competition is a healthy way to > get newer better results for the end user. But does that mean that you > have to license off your advantage? You can hate apple or samsung all you > want for playing the patent game, but the real issue is the uspto, unless > we keep writing to our representatives to get this fixed asap! nothing will > ever change. > > the uspto is what fosters this idea that i can patent a door and from now > on anyone who has a door on their home or place of business must pay > damages because they didn't license the door from me, with ignorance to > previous art. > > also I'm glad that the amazon kindle fire argument was brought up, and it > does help support the walled garden mentality. People are buying more > kindle fires with the easy access to the amazon store than any other > android tablet because it fosters this mentality of safe purchasing within > the walled garden. make of it as you will... > > -Francisco > http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... > <http://db.tt/JeXURAx> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 21:09, Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> wrote: > <snip> > > > > > No love lost here, I really dislike Microsoft and many other PC industry > > giants for how they play ball BUT at least they aren't forcing me to use > > windows nor dictating who I can buy hardware from (yet). > > > </snip> >
