On 2012-07-12 16:33, Edward Jaffe wrote:
> On 7/12/2012 9:56 AM, McKown, John wrote:
>> Which is totally simplistic these days. You bought your cell phone, right? Do
>> you really think that you can do anything to it that you want to? And that it
>> is totally documented? In today's "IP is __mine__" world, more and more
>> things
>> are becoming "black boxes". "No user serviceable parts in side."
>
> I am not afraid to 'root' my Android phone. If I had an iPhone, I would
> 'jail-break' it for sure!
>
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Read it and weep.
There's a difference, not only in price but in that Android
doesn't publish a Redbook touting the facility to run open
Linux.
("root" has a Strine etymology, hasn't it?)
-- gil
