Why would i need an excuse NOT to buy something? Happy Easter, McTim On 4/3/10, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > An important point is being missed: That Apple has done a rather good job > dragging the incumbents out of their slumber. They did it with the laptops, > they did it with the iPod, they did it with the iPhone. You only have to > look at the field of imitations to see that this is true. iPad? Why of > course this is the netbook done right! No need to take bets on how long > before others pile in (with, yes, more openness, multitasking, etc.). For me > this is the most important aspect of this thing. At first I'd also taken the > whats-the-point view. But the more I think about it... I think the walled > garden will disappear soon enough, so will the multi-tasking limitations > (iPhone/iPad OS 4.0)... The competition is going to force it on them. And > yet Apple will still prove able to out-design them all (just look at the > field of iPhone wannabes). > > So yes, my analyst (if I had one) would recommends BUY! > > :) > > P. > > On Apr 02, 2010, at 12:25, Christopher Nambale wrote: > >> >> Well it should care for their thoughts at the very least, considering that >> OS X and Iphone OS borrow their core from the open source Freebsd >> community. >> >> Granted some of Apples products are brilliantly engineered and >> groundbreaking, however, isn't this whole Apple worshiping thing going a >> bit too far?Well I guess the tech sector has its high fashion supplier >> now. >> >> CN >> >> --- On Fri, 4/2/10, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LUG] The 5 best excuses for not buying an iPad >> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 3:55 AM >> >> > Free software proponents fought hard to give choice back to the >> > people >> >> unfortunately for the free software proponents (and >> fortunately for apple), they are not apple's target >> market and apple couldnt care less about their dime >> or thoughts >> >> eb >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > >
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