When it comes right down to it....there are some platforms that I don't mind being closed. My iPhone is one. Having open platforms can introduce unintended side effects like malware. Didn't google have to pull a third-party app off of phones because it was malware?
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:05 AM, GG wrote: > > SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA -- Wednesday, January 27, 2010 -- As > Steve Jobs and Apple prepared to announce their new tablet device, > activists opposed to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) from the > group Defective by Design were on hand to draw the media's attention > to the increasing restrictions that Apple is placing on general > purpose computers. The group set up "Apple Restriction Zones" along > the approaches to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San > Francisco, informing journalists of the rights they would have to give > up to Apple before proceeding inside. > > DRM is used by Apple to restrict users' freedom in a variety of ways, > including blocking installation of software that comes from anywhere > except the official Application Store, and regulating every use of > movies downloaded from iTunes. Apple furthermore claims that > circumventing these restrictions is a criminal offense, even for > purposes that are permitted by copyright law. > > Organizing the protest, Free Software Foundation (FSF) operations > manager John Sullivan said, "Our Defective by Design campaign has a > successful history of targeting Apple over its DRM policies. We > organized actions and protests targeting iTunes music DRM outside > Apple stores, and under the pressure Steve Jobs dropped DRM on music. > We're here today to send the same message about the other restrictions > Apple is imposing on software, ebooks, and movies. If Jobs and Apple > are actually committed to creativity, freedom, and individuality, they > should prove it by eliminating the restrictions that make creativity > and freedom illegal." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
