On Saturday 12 July 2008 06:00:48 Dylan Semler wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Kelvie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, July 11, 2008 19:56:29 Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > > > Nigel wrote: > > > > http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g/ > > > > > > Thanks for sharing this. Please, to reach more people digg it at: > > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/5_reasons_to_avoid_iPhone_3G > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Or, digg the original at: > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/5_real_reasons_to_avoid_iPhone_3G > > I wouldn't want to promote that article too much. It's written like it's > complete FUD: it makes outrageous claims and doesn't cite any sources. I > myself have a hard time believing two of the five points: > > * "iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to > Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can't be on > everyone's phones." I can believe that Apple has authority over some > central official repository of software, but do they really prevent people > from distributing software independently? If there is no way to get > software on the iPhone without going through Apple, how does anyone test > their applications before releasing them? If there is a way to distribute > software indepentent of Apple, do iPhones check the liscense of the app and > "completely block free software"? >
this may be informative: http://www.linux.com/feature/131752 > * "iPhone won't play patent- and DRM-free formats like Ogg Vorbis and > Theora." If you can install third-party apps, you can probably install > third-party codecs and media players. > probably, but as apple acts as the guardian of the gates, they can say exactly what can and cant be allowed. only other option is jailbreak, and i dont know how many wants to risk their warranty doing that. > The tone of the article deminishes the credibilty of the auther and it's > obvious he's trying to push his agenda. I would argue that this article > serves the author at the detriment of the free software movement. It > provides him a public avenue to vent about the iPhone while the lies and > exaggerations alianate those who don't know or care about free software. A > well written article with actual analysis and citations that doesn't resort > to slander or exaggeration would do much, much more for the free software > movement; for an example, see [1] about Windows Vista. > > [1] http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html i say the tone is classical FSF... _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
