On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Boyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> In case you have been living under a rock: > > http://www.apple.com/ > > Apple made their name with open (from an expansion viewpoint) hardware and software with the Apple I & Apple II They started losing it with closed hardware in the Macintrash and finished with the walled garden approach to their recent portable devices. Their recent misuse of dubious patent claims shows how much they have lost it. I still have a working apple 2e > > Yes, and you don't need to go to the Apple store to pick which selected by them applications you run on it. I'm sorry for his family that his life was so short, but as someone whose positive contributions to the computer revolution ended 20 years ago that's all. -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement Directory: http://www.searchme.co.nz/ "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
