Don't think you read what I wrote earlier, and you seem very stuck in the whole dictator semantics. So let me ask you directly, what happens when in a couple of years, you get in bad standing with Apple or something, but now have $3K of content tied to their platform? Technically you may be free to leave, but you'll lose all of your belongings. So you are not truly free are you?
/Casper On Feb 1, 4:34 pm, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 3:48 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I want multi-touch > > I want a high resolution screen > > I want a reasonable battery life > > I want compatibility with a wide range of 3rd party peripherals > > I want an easy an convenient place to find applications, preferably rated > > according to the experience of others > > > So far, it looks like apple meets all my needs like nobody else does, well > > done them! > > > I want to be able to write my own Java and Scala apps for the device, and > > install them painlessly. > > In fact, I want to be able to use it for any content I already own > > AND for flash video. > > > Oh, what happend to the ideal world? The only people doing a good job with > > multi-touch have priced the patent too high for others to use. Within this > > space we have an incumbent with a near monopoly, and they use that to stop > > me doing what I want with hardware and content that I have purchased and > > should be able to use freely. > > > Sure looks a lot like a dictatorship from where I'm standing > > In East Germany, people were shot to death when they were caught > fleeing the country and they were put in jail when they were caught > saying bad things about the government. I assume you're still alive > and not in jail. Sure looks like freedom from where I'm standing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
