No Paul I have not missed the point. Companies in the technology sector are
highly vulnerable to product market failure and must ensure their profits are
sufficient to not only satisfy their investors but to ensure they have adequate
reserves. Given the huge R&D investment required in order to stay competitive,
the Apple products and software are very reasonably priced especially given the
quality of the products.
You do not have to buy your music or video through Itunes if you think it’s to
expensive you can purchase (or download for free if you are so minded) from
plenty of other sources and still use the apple apps to play them.
Now once again perhaps we can focus on gliding matters.
John Parncutt
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Bart
Sent: Monday, 11 March 2013 6:38 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Flight recorders/planning software
Missed the point entirely John. You do not need to go to North Korea, just join
iTunes, pay forty percent percent more for content than other people do in
other juristrictions just because they tell you to. And once you have acquired
a lot of content, it is not easy to leave it behind. I am not against profit,
gouging is another mater. Unlike you I had the misfortune to live in an
oppressive communist regime, and hence I do not like absolute power.
Cheers
Paul
On 11/03/2013 4:08 PM, "John Parncutt" <[email protected]> wrote:
Oh yes Paul Apple is so evil, they and their affiliated companies, staff and
customers around the globe live off their dirty profits just like Microsoft ,
Hewlett Packard etc, etc......
Grow up or go and live in Cuba or North Korea where I think the last perverted
forms of communism still exist, there you will find truly evil systems,
Perhaps we should now return to gliding matters?
John Parncutt
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Bart
Sent: Monday, 11 March 2013 4:14 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Flight recorders/planning software
Not that I understand what the sentence starting with Cos means, but perhaps
you should consider that there are even more important things than profit.
In my opinion Apple is one of the most evil companies going round. Almost
totally closed, once they have you in the ecosystem, you may find it almost
impossible to leave. Last quarterly report shows revenue of about 54 billion
with a net profit of about 13 billion. That is 25%. Not too many other
companies achieve that. And with 140 billion in the bank, the company is
probably totally immune from regulators.
Cheers
Paul
On 11 March 2013 14:29, Matthew Gage <[email protected]> wrote:
On 11/03/2013, at 12:25 , Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> wrote:
Why screw around wasting your time with Apple OS?
'Cos it's enabled be to bill well over $16,000 per year more for the last 5
years than if I still used windows. Cheap is not always the most cost effective.
Mike
At 04:57 AM 11/03/2013, you wrote:
SeeYou may run fairly well under Parallels or Crossover. Achieved inferior
performance to a Pentium 3 laptop on what was a the time the top of the line
Macbook Pro. The only native software I ended up using on OSX was Firefox.
Twenty or so programs had to run via Parallels or Crossover, so the point
seemed lost.
Trying to get Java-based weather resources to run on a newer iMac is still
problematic.
An option like Mike suggested is likely best.
Jim
Sent from a $700 laptop which replaced "The $2000 Paperweight".
From: John Parncutt <[email protected]>
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Flight recorders/planning software
If you’ve got a Intel based Mac with OS X, you can load parallels software
which allows you to run almost any Windows based program either full screen or
in a window. Works well for me, and is great for those who want to upgrade to
Mac but still keep using some of their old PC programs.
John Parncutt
From: [email protected] [
mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Graham
Holland
Sent: Sunday, 10 March 2013 8:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Flight recorders/planning software
Are there any that work on Macs and record engine use? Seeyou, fly with CE,
don't.
Graham
Graham Holland
27 Johnston Crescent
Lane Cove NSW 2066
Australia
02 9427 3282
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