I'm venting because I did buy a product, shortly before they introduced a new policy.
I'm left having paid for a device that I now can't use for one of my intended purposes Nothing all that important, and it's a handy device for everything else, but still... (cross-compiling from java a few utilities I wrote to deal with home automation, if you must know) I feel cheated that I now can't do what I wanted to, even though it's technically possible and was legally possible until recently. If I were to have know this in advance then Apple would have had one less purchase. I've since bought an android phone On 21 May 2010 09:36, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Reiner, > > true, I have oversimplified the situation and yes, I knew I would > probably start a flame war. > > But I know this group and I know we can still debate the situation like > adults. > > To clarify some points: > > "I also don't agree with the implication (deliberate or not) that Apple are > being victimised for betraying ideals which have been projected on to > them." > > I absolutely think that people are giving Apple a harder time than > they would other companies because these people have projected ideals > on to them. And the reason they have done this is because they want > those shiny, shiny products. > > So thats my point - Apple is what Apple does and its really no > different than most companies (it wants to make money by cornering a > market and locking in users). A lot of you guys (not everyone, just > the people really, really horrified at Apple's hypocrisy) just can't > face that and need to vent rather than just stop buying the products. > > I should make it clear I am not defending Apple, to me its just > another company making money. I'm having a go at the 'outraged' > developers who feel betrayed. > > In case you are wondering, I own an iPhone, iPods and a MacBook. But I > like to think I have them because they are best-in-class for what I > needed at the time. > > Also, I didn't say Sun didn't want money, just that it came up with a > daft way of making it and it didn't work out. > > Rakesh > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Fabrizio Giudici > <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 5/20/10 20:38 , Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > >> non-"capitalist principles" to do so, including > >> cornering markets, playing the lockout game, and patent litigation. No > >> matter what Joe says, companies that engage in patent litigation > >> aren't anywhere near a living, breating example of a "capitalist > >> principles" company, unless you ascribe to the notion that > >> "capitalism" these days mostly involves lots of lawyers, lobbying, and > >> making the taxpayer pay for your mistakes. > > Simply great. > > > > - -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > > [email protected] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkv1hE4ACgkQeDweFqgUGxdymwCfb18GdinZVjbPeSbHbbHmxq6+ > > JtYAnRcFZqPnFYRp+sgCgd0pxRDqptY5 > > =9RuL > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
