Re: [FRIAM] Semi-final note on the Google Nexus 4

2013-02-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
Nice post! I'd lean twards arrogance from google. I'm not unduly buged by them probably using information I have on there system to atempt to market to me. I'll be voting with my wallet for my next phone though as if I get a smartphone when I'm elidgable for a upgrade i'm leaning to a iphone the

Re: [FRIAM] Business opportunity

2013-02-18 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM: I don't want to be flame bait (oh well, maybe i do) .. I posted this on your blog post: I'm surprised anyone buys android phones at all. They're stuck between a rock and a hard place: If they buy from Google they have your well

Re: [FRIAM] Business opportunity

2013-02-18 Thread Douglas Roberts
Well, in the spirit of continuing to provide Troll bait: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-and-nexus-4-users-report.html On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:20 PM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.comwrote: Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM: I don't want to be flame bait

Re: [FRIAM] Business opportunity

2013-02-18 Thread Owen Densmore
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:20 PM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.comwrote: Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM: snip I've been quite happy with my Google Nexus, made by Samsung. And I was previously satsified, approaching, though not achieving happiness with my Motorola Droid 2

[FRIAM] PHP is a Hobbit

2013-02-18 Thread Alfredo Covaleda VĂ©lez
It is post from PHP Developer Manuel Lemos. Cool. http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/201-6-Reasons-Why-PHP-is-a-Hobbit.html Felicidades FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to

Re: [FRIAM] Business opportunity

2013-02-18 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/18/2013 02:15 PM: Can you share the details of upgrading android without help from Google? .. could most customers do this? Yes, I think so. But you can't be afraid of breaking the phone. So, there's a distinction between _could_ and _would_. The hacking distance

Re: [FRIAM] Business opportunity

2013-02-18 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 02:53:37PM -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote: Owen Densmore wrote at 02/18/2013 02:15 PM: Can you share the details of upgrading android without help from Google? .. could most customers do this? The biggest problem is _fear_. The ROM makers pepper their sites